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Sect. XI.] 



ZOOLOGY. 



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care being taken that no feathers adhere to the interior of 

 the skin of them and are drawn in with it, and then (after 

 putting some cotton into the cavities of the orbits) the 

 head must be pulled forth by means of the bill, an opera- 

 tion requiring much caution, so as not to tear the very 

 tender skin of the sides of the neck ; this is frequeiitly a 

 rather difficult matter with beginners, and may be much 

 facilitated by partially crushing the skull^ which is easily 

 put back into shape when the skin is again over it ; bits 

 of cotton should also be freely used to prevent the feathers 

 being anywhere soiled by adhering to the skinned body. 



as they are extremely apt to do, despite all carCj unl 





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some such precaution be resorted to* Havir 

 turned the skull wathin the skin, a little art is necessary 

 in arranging the feathers of the head properly, wi 

 best done with a larjre needle: the evelids should he 

 neatly placed, and not stretched too large, the feather 



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covering the ears disposed as they originally were, and 

 the orifice of the ears contracted to its proper form ; the 

 feathers before and over the eve should also be set 



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naturally ; and lastly, the skin of the crown t 

 should be loosened or lifted from the skull, and not be 

 pulled too tightly backward. The arsenical soap is to be 



skin, and the legs 



sparingly applied to the inside of the 

 and beak brushed with a solution of corrosive sublimate. 

 As regards the rest, it is as well to tie together, but not 

 too closely, the bones of the two wings, to put a little 

 cotton around these and the bones of the legs, and, in 



stuifing the bird, to avoid stretching the skin by putting 



in too much cotton, especially to avoid puffing out in 

 neck, in which it is enough to prevent the skin of its tw. 





