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ornithology esseutial service. I refer to tlie skull, 

 attachments. These parts of the skeleton are, as 

 aft'ord in most cases invaluable 

 is of C(jurse to sacrifice a skin, to ^ ij 



mutilated or decayed specimens //l 



in this way. The hreast-b(jno 

 tilated, is always preservahh.; witli 

 may form its natural acconipani- 

 with it the coracoids (the stout 

 with the shoulders, figs. 1, 2, e), 

 intervening between these bones, 

 d), all without detachment from 

 lively constitute the "shoulder- 

 off tlie large breast muscles close 

 sertions into the wing-bones (c) ; 

 that tie the shoulder-blades to the 

 h} close to the side of the breast- 

 usually found between the prongs 

 hold of the slioidders (figs. 1, 2, 

 affair, dividing some slight counec- 

 behind it. The following points 

 often has long slender processes 

 mon fowl and the ptarmigan are 

 shown in the figures), liable to be 

 snapped; the shoulder-blades usu- 

 ott'; the merry-thought is some- 

 When travelling, it is generally not 

 tions of either skull or sternum ; 

 tiuous fle.sh removed, and besprin- 

 perfectly ('leaned, is particularly 

 pronged bones that hinge tlie jaw, 

 push on the palate from behind, 

 specting tlie identification of these 

 which should invariably bear the 

 it belongs ; the label should be 

 is more hkely to be able to speak 

 ally accompanied by a skin ; never- 

 cilitate its recognition should be 

 are methods, with which I am not ^ 



preparations. You may secure ^'f'- 3, —Trachea or 

 , , , . , windpipe of the male red- 

 ing the bones ; or, what is perhaps breasted merganser, Mer- 

 tilJ the flesh is completely rotted yus serrator, ahont i nat. 



, iT,,T X 1 size, viewed from above 



the sun. A little potassa or soda (behind); after Newton,^, 



Ijones, if you can stop the process tongue; £ is, its attach- 



j. 1 J 1 i iT^ .L 1, T - inents; C r, windpipe, di- 



dissolved but the tougher ligaments ,^j^,, ;„ ^,;^ ^^^^^^^ ;„^ 



preparation, as it is called; if the swelling below into a bony 

 , /• 1 ■ -L box, D \ E E, bronchial 



parts of a large specimen maybe t^bis, going to lungs. 



one glued. I tliink it best, with 



ligament as well as muscle ; for the underneath parts are 



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desirable information, and they should not be in the sliglite; 



the breast-bone with its principal 

 , so highly characteristic that they 

 zoological items. To save a skull 

 all intents ; but you often have 

 that are very profitably utilized 

 (figs. 1, 2, «) excepting when niu- 

 the skin, and for ''choice" invoices 

 ment. You want to remove along 

 bones connecting the breast-bone 

 the merry-thought (figs. 1, 2, /j 

 and the shoulder-blades (tigs. 1, 2, 

 each other, for these bones collec- 

 girdle," or scapular arch. Slice 

 to the bone, and divide their in- 

 scrape or cut away the muscles 

 chest; snip off the ribs (tigs. 1, 2, 

 bone ; sever a tough mcnilirane 

 of tlie wish-bone; then, by taldug 

 at c), you can lift out the whole 

 tions underneath the bone and 

 require attention : the breast-bone 

 behind and on the sides (tlie com- 

 pxtreme illustrations of this, as 

 cut by mistake for ribs, or to be 

 ally taper to a point, easily broken 

 times very delicate or defective, 

 advisable to make perfect prepara- 

 they archest dried with only super- 

 kled with arsenic. The skull, if 

 liable to lose the odd-shaped, 

 and the freely movable piair that 

 Great care should bo exercised re- 

 bones, particularly the sternum, 

 number of the .sjiecinieu to which 

 tied to the coracoid bone. A skull 

 for itself, and, besides, is not usu- 

 theless, any record tending to fa- 

 duly entered on the register. There 

 familiar, of making elegant bony 

 very good results by .simply boil- 

 better, macerating thein in water 

 away, and then bleaching them in 

 hastens the process. With breast- 

 just when the flesh is completely 

 remain, you secure a "natural" 

 ligaments go too, tlie associate 

 wired together, tliose of a small 

 skulls, to clean them entirely of 

 usually those conveying the most 

 t degree obscured. Since in such 



