352 The Book of Woodcraft 



BOOKS RECOMMENDED 



"Handbook of the Birds of Eastern North America," 

 By F. M. Chapman, Appleton, N. Y. Price $3.00. 

 (Technical.) 



"Handbook of Birds of the Western United States," 

 By Florence Merriam Bailey. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 

 Price, $3.50. (Technical.) 



"Bird Homes," By A. R. Dugmore. Doubleday, Page 

 &Co. (Popular.) 



"Bird Neighbors," By Neltje Blanchan. Doubleday, 

 Page & Co. (Popular.) 



"Birds That Hunt and Are Hunted," By Neltje 

 Blanchan. Doubleday, Page & Co. (Popular.) 



How to Stuff a Bird 

 (By E. T. S. from Country Life, July, 1904) 



A boy found a bird that was lying dead in the woods. 

 Its beautiful plumage, its form and its markings delighted 

 his eye. He carried it home to show to his mother and to 

 ask its name. She admired it with him but she could not 

 tell him what it was, and at length said, "Now go and 

 bury it before it begins to smell." 



The boy had not given a thought to the history of the 

 bird, nor had its death caused him a touch of sorrow. 

 He was interested in it as a strange and beautiful thing, 

 and the idea of burying all that beauty, or — worse — see- 

 ing it corrupt, now gave him a deep regret. 



"How I wish I knew^ how to stuff it," he said, feeling 

 that then he might always renew his present enjoyment. 

 He was expressing the feehng of most young people when 

 they see a dead bird. All would like to save its beautiful 

 plumage at least. They know it can be done, but have 



