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THE SHIKARI 



Stand the bird on its head and remove the skin all 

 round off the body till the wings are reached. 



Cut these out at the body (end of humerus) (Fig. 19). 

 Now down the neck and carefully force the skin over 



the base of the skull. The ears will now be seen — cut 

 these out close into the skull, A little farther on 

 come the eyes ; these must be passed over circumspectly, 

 great care being exercised not to cut the eyelid. Once 

 over the eyes the base of the bill is reached and the 

 skinning stops. 



The body will now be entirely nude on your right 

 hand and the skin completely inside out on your left, 

 both being merely attached to each other at the base 

 of the bill (Fig. 20). 



