HANDBOOK OF TAXIDERMY. 



CHAPTER I. 



BIRD SKINNING AND MOUNTING. 



Well, here we are at last. Please turn the 

 key in that door — to keep all inquisitive priers 

 out — for the process into which I am about to 

 initiate you is something of a secret, shrouded 

 by the thin veil of mystery. 



You have come to me to-day to learn some- 

 thing of the art of Taxidermy, so we will take up, 

 for your first lesson, bird skinning and mounting. 

 But first let us see what 



TOOLS 



we shall need to accomplish our end : a pair of 

 good sharp scissors — surgical scissors, with long 

 handles and short, stout blades are the best; a 

 knife or scalpel ; a pair of spring forceps ; a corn- 

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