Guide to Taxidermy 



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slipping 1123 on the wire. Finish winding the neck 

 smoothly with your cops. It will be difficult at 

 first but with practice you can hold the body 

 suspended by the end of the neck wire^ held be- 

 tween the thumb and fingers of the left hand. 

 Twist on the wire, thus revolving the body and 

 neck, and with the right hand spin the cops up and 

 down and around the neck until you have it per- 

 fectly smooth. 



Wirind the Le^s of Walking Birds 



If your bird is to be in a walking position, the 

 foot that is back should be resting on the toes with 

 the sole above the ground. It would not look well 

 to have the leg wire showing from the center of the 

 sole to the base and in order to avoid this, run the 

 wire in this leg through the middle toe from the sec- 

 ond joint up through the sole and as usual up into 

 the body. 



Birds Standing on One Led 



If your bird is standing in this position, when 

 finished you will cut off the wire in the raised leg 

 where it jDrotrudes through the sole. Therefore the 

 wire in the other leg should be heavier and double 

 clinched in the body as it has to support double 

 weight. 





