A 



R E C E I P T 



FOR MAKING 



PICTURES OF BIRDS, 



WITH THEIR 



Natural Feathers. 



TpiRST, take a thin board, or pannel of dealj 

 or wainfcot well feafoned, that it may not 

 fhrink, then fmoothly pafte on white paper, 

 and let it dry ; and if the wood calls its colour 

 through, you may pafte on a fécond paper, 

 and it will be whiter : let the fécond paper dry, 

 then get ready any bird that you would repre- 

 fent, and draw it as exa(ft as may be on your pa- 

 per'd pannel, of its natural fize, (middle-fized 

 birds are beft for this work) then paint what 



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