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Section VII. : Prices for Mounting Birds. 

 — For the convenience of amateurs, who do not 

 always know what price to put on good work, we 

 give our price list for mounting specimens on orna- 

 mental stands. Size from humming-bird to robin, 

 one dollar and twenty five cents ; robin to wild 

 pigeon, one dollar and fifty cents ; wild pigeon to 

 grouse, two dollars ; grouse, ducks, small owls, two 

 dollars and fifty cents ; large hawks and medium- 

 sized owls, three dollars and fifty cents ; loons and 

 large owls, five dollars ; eagles, seven dollars. For 

 birds with spread wings, add thirty-three and one- 

 third per cent. 



Section VIII. : Panel Work. — Game Pieces, 

 etc — Panel work is made by using only half of a 

 specimen, the back side being turned in or 

 removed. The specimen is mounted as usual and 

 fastened to the picture or other design used as a 

 back ground, by wires emerging from the side and 

 firmly clenched in the body. Game pieces are 

 made by simply mounting the specimen, then 

 placing it in an attitude as if it were hanging dead. 

 Much skill and study is required for work of this 

 nature, for if carelessly done, it has the effect of 

 a poor painting, but if well completed both panel 

 and game pieces produce a pleasing effect. All 



