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INSTRUCTIONS FOR COLLECTORS 



Fig. 12. 



much as possible and then repeatedly apply and scrape off generous dustings 

 of powder to remove any fat, breaking down the remains of the glands 



16. Tying scapulars. The skin is pulled into folds at the shoulders in the 

 living bird but stretches in skinning. On the inside of the skin between the 

 wings two parallel tracts of feathers bases can be seen. Take a needle and 

 thread, pass it through these two tracts from inside the skin, (fig. 13) make a 





Fig. 13. 



loop by knotting it to pull the two tracts together to a similar distance to that 

 in the living bird. 



