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from being moved aboutj and the whole coyered vdth 

 the lid. 



Large eggs, as those of the ostrich and casbowarv^ 

 at different periods of incubation, should be preserved in 



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spirit. 



To each bird attach a note — 1. The colour of the eves, 

 bill, and legs, before they fade, 2, The season of the 

 year when killed, and in what locality, 

 state whether male or female. 



3* If known 



The skeletons of birds may be prepared in a short time 

 for sending home by removing the viscera, cutting awav 



all the soft parts, breaking down the brain with a probe 

 or stick and washing it out by the " foramen magauraV or 



hole for the exit of the spinal marrow, and drying the 

 skeleton with its parts naturally connected, except the 

 head, which may be packed in the thorax ; and the whole, 

 when dry, packed in bran or sawdust. Admit the bones 

 of only one individual into each bag or box, taking care 

 to label it with the ?ame number as that attached to the 



The viscera and any other soft part which appears 

 curious should be preserved in spirit or the solution No, T 



skin. 



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Mammals {Hairy Quadrupeds, Seals, Porpoises, 



Grampuses, Whales). 



The smaller kinds, as bats, shrews- mice, may be pre- 

 erved entire, in spirit or the solution No, 11., an opening 



being 



made in the skin of the belly to give the preservin_ 

 liquor access to the viscera, and care being taken not to 



crowd too many specimens in the same vessel. In all 

 cases, since tbe preserving liquor becomes diluted and 



deteriorated by the blood and other fluids of the recent 





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