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sand, or slightly colored over, to imitate 

 any particular kind of rock, but color 

 should be spared at first, as in the 

 hands of inexperienced persons a very 

 gaudy effect is almost sure to be pro- 

 duced if too much is attempted. 

 Nothing looks better than some nice 

 white sea-sand, obtained from some 

 chalky part of our coast. After the 

 bottom work is finished, the box being 

 previously done out with white paper, 

 the bird should have a pair of artificial 

 eyes put in with a little putty, having 

 first softened the sockets with a bit of 

 wet cotton wool. The leg wires must 

 be put through two holes in the box 

 bottom, and clenched underneath, or if 

 a perching bird, twisted round the 

 artificial branch. Moss, ferns, &c, 

 may now be fastened with glue grace- 

 fully and naturally upon various parts 

 of the rock, but do not overcrowd it, 

 nor put sea- weed with land birds, study 

 the habits of each bird, and make the 

 surroundings as natural as possible. 

 If the legs of the bird were red or 

 yellow they will have faded, and the 

 color must be renewed with a thin coat 

 of paint ; black ones will only require 

 oiling, and then the glass must be put 

 in in front, and the case made up as 

 nearly air-tight as possible, and your 

 work is complete. 



Besides preserving birds and animals 

 Mr. Browne's book contains instruc- 

 tions in Mounting Fish, Reptiles, &c. ; 

 Dressing Skins as Leather ; Polishing 

 Horns, and in fact everything necessary 

 to be known by the working taxider- 

 mist. To those who are commencing 



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this art the work is indispensible, and 

 the three-and- sixpence which it costs 

 will be well laid out money. 



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NOTES, CAPTURES, &c. 



In your list of April Insects, p. 181, you 

 mention T. Biundularia as more plentiful than 

 Crepusculavia ; with us the latter is far more 

 numerous. I saw four this afternoon on trunks 

 of Hornbeam in the Forest (Epping). H. 

 abruptavia also is common in London : a whole 

 series may be taken off walls and lamps near 



