SKINNING. 



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plumage ; but should any get on the feathers, notwithstanding 

 this precaution, the sooner it is removed the better, which should 

 be effected by a sponge which has been merely moistened in 

 w?iier. Too much dispatch cannot be used in removing the skin, 

 if the bird is shot in a warm climate ; but, in temperate regions, 

 the bird may be allowed to cool. 



In proceeding to skin the Bird, it should be laid on its back, 

 and the feathers of the breast separated to the right and left, 

 when a broad interval will be discovered, reaching from the top 

 to the bottom of the breast-bone. (Sec fig. 2.) 



Fin. 0. 



Bird Suspended for Skinning. 



