Guide to Taxidermy 



Material Required 

 Wiring the Legs 

 AViring tlie Tail 

 Pinning Wings 

 Putting Eyes in Birds 

 Finishing the Specimen 

 Making T Perches 

 Spreading a Bird's Wings 

 Long-necked Birds 

 In Fancy Attitudes 

 Mounting Collossal Birds 

 Relaxing Dried Skins 

 ]\Liking a Bird Skin 

 Cleaning the Feathers 

 Unusual Forms for Skins 

 Hanging "Dead Game" Birds 



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Skinning 

 :\Laking the Body 

 Mounting 



Skinning Large Animals 

 Making the Manikin 

 Exceptional Cases 

 Covering the ]\Lanikin 

 Putting on the Skin 



