SKINNING BIRDS. 



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from the skin, or it will be in the way when 

 the eyelids are arranged in making the skin. 

 Peel well down to the base of the bill, so that 

 every portion of the skin may be covered with 

 preservative. Push the point of the knife under 

 the eyes, and remove them by a single motion, 



Fig. 5. 



without breaking them. Cut off the back of the 

 skull at the point shown in the line A, Fig. 4 ; 

 Turn the head over and make two cuts outward as 

 seen at A. A., Fig. 5. thus removing a triangular 

 portion of the skull B, Fig. 4, to which the brain 

 will usually adhere, but when it does not, remove 

 it with the point of the knife. This leaves the 

 eye-cavities open from beneath. Draw out the 



