Bird Skinning and Mounting. 33 



wood and a pin run through its centre. The 

 outside is then to be covered with sealing-wax 

 or varnish until quite smooth, and then painted 

 the required color. 



The feet, tarsi, cere and loose skin about the 

 necks of some birds often fade or become dull. 

 These should be carefully painted, imitating the 

 original colors as closely as possible. 



You have now completed your first lesson, and 

 I advise that you become perfectly familiar with 

 skinning and mounting birds, before you take up 

 that of animals. For you cannot become too 

 familiar and too much at home in this depart- 

 ment ; and it will come in play fifty times, 

 where the other does once. 



