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SECOND rendered the bill transparent by the operation, 

 and that transparency must be done away to 

 make it appear perfectly natural. Pound some 

 clean chalk, and give it enough water till it be of 

 the consistency of tar; add a proportion of gum 

 arabic to make it adhesive; then take a camel- 

 hair brush, and give the inside of both mandibles 

 a coat ; apply a second when the first is dry, then 

 another, and a fourth to finish all. The gum 

 arabic will prevent the chalk from cracking and 

 falling off. If you remember, there is a little 

 space of transparent white in the lower mandible, 

 which originally appeared blue, but which became 

 transparent white as soon as the thin piece of blue 

 skin was cut away ; this must be painted blue in- 

 side. When all this is completed, the bill will 

 please you ; it will appear in its original colours. 

 Probably your own abilities will suggest a cleverer 

 mode of operating than the one here described. 

 A small gouge would assist the penknife, and 

 render the operation less difficult. 



The HOU- The Houtou ranks high in beauty amongst 

 the birds of Demerara ; his whole body is 

 green, with a bluish cast in the wings and tail ; 

 his crown, which he erects at pleasure, consists 

 of black in the centre, surrounded with lovely 

 blue of two different shades : he has a triangular 

 black spot, edged with blue, behind the eye ex- 

 tending to the ear; and on his breast a sable 

 tuft, consisting of nine feathers edged also with 



tou. 



