MOUNTING BIRDS WITH SPREAD WINGS. 



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ral shape. Smooth the plumage, lay the bird on its back, 

 and insert artificial body. It is necessary to run the 

 neck and wing-wires through the body at the same time, 



HAWKS PROPERLY MOUNTED, WITH SPREAD WINGS. 



on account of their length. The neck-wire is extended 

 through the body lengthwise, and the wing-wires diago- 

 nally from the shoulders, and all are then clinched inside. 



