CHAPTER IV. 



MOUNTING BIRDS. 



Section I. : Instruments. — The instruments 

 necessary for mounting are cutting pliers (Fig. 12), 

 or tin shears, straight-nosed pliers (Fig. 1 1), wire 



Fig. 11. Fig. 12. 



of various sizes, tweezers, and other implements 

 used in skin-making ; leg awls, for dried skins, and 

 awls for boring stands ; also stands of various kinds. 

 Section II. : Mounting from Fresh Speci- 

 mens. — Be sure that a skin is perfectly clean in 

 every way before attempting to mount, as it 

 cannot be washed nearly as well afterwards. 

 Remove all the bodies of skinned specimens well 

 out of the way, and spread a clean sheet of paper 

 where the skinning has been done, that there may 

 be no danger of soiling the plumage. Make a 

 body of fine grass, excelsior, or, better, the peculiar 

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