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the fore arm, previously however, cutting off the stump 
of the arm, if still adhering at the elbow. Tie the two 
ends of the string so that the wings shall be kept at the 
same distance apart, as when attached to the body. — 
Skin the leg down to the scaly part or tarsus, and re- 
move all the muscle. Apply the arsenic to the bone 
and skin, and wrapping cotton round the bone, pull it 
back to its place. Remove all the muscle and fat 
which may adhere to the base of the tail or the skin • 
and put on plenty of the preservative wherever this can 
be done. Lift up the wing, and remove the muscle 
from the fore arm, by making an incision along it. 
The bird is now to be restored to something like its 
natural shape, by means of a filling of cotton or tow. — 
Begin by opening the mouth, and putting cotton into 
the orbits and upper part of the throat, until these parts 
have their natural shape. Next take tow or cotton and 
after making a roll rather less in thickness than the 
original neck, put it into the skin and push firmly into 
the base of the scull. By means of this, you can re- 
duce or contract the neck if too much stretched. Fill 
the body with cotton, uot quite to its original dimen- 
sions, and sew up the incision in the skin, commenc 
mg at the upper end, and passing the needle from the 
inside ; tie the legs and mandibles together, adjust 
the feathers, and after preparing a cylinder of paper the 
size of the bird, push the skin into it, so as to bind the 
wings closely to the sides. If the bird has long legs 
and neck, they had better be folded down over the 
body, and allowed to dry in that position. Economy 
of space is a great object in keeping skins, and such 
birds as herons, geese, swans, &c, occupy too much 
