3b PEACTICAL TAXIDERMY. 



"wings, tlie legs and tail being tlirust througli tlie other, one 

 loop coming on each side of the body behind the wings. A 

 swivel is attached at one of the knots, and, "by another piece of 

 string, is made fast to the play- stick near its end. The bird 

 is thus perfectly free so far as the wings and legs are con- 

 cerned. 



Fig. 6.- 

 Detail showing 

 Formation of Knots. 



-Bird Brace. Fia. 7. 



Complete, with Swivel Ground Peg. 

 attached. 



Fig. 8. 

 Tube of Play-stick. 



The " play-stick," as a whole, is represented in Fig. 9, which 

 shows the bird in repose, with the end of the stick (C) resting 

 on the ground, the play-line passing through a hole in the 

 ground peg (A), while the part marked B works in the slot in the 

 same. 



I 



Fig. 



Flur" or "Plat-stick.' 



A little food and water are put down by the play-bird's side, 

 to which it addresses itself in its intervals of rest. Directly 

 birds appear, the play-line is smartly pulled, which has the 

 effect of jerking the play-bird upwards, while at the same time 

 it flutters its wings to regain its perch. This motion is 



