it carefully from the body. When you come to the 
wings — which had better be relaxed previously by 
stretching and pulling — loosen the skin from around 
the first bone, and cut through the middle of it, or if 
the bird is small enough, separate it from the next at 
the elbow, Arrived at this point, detach the delicate 
membrane of the ear from its cavity in the scull, with- 
out cutti ng or tearing it if possible ; and then by means 
of the thumb nails loosen the adhesion of the skm to the 
other parts of the head, until you come to the very base 
of the mandibles, taking care to cat through the white 
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nictitating membrane of the eye when exposed, without 
tearing the ball. Scoop out the eyes, and by making 
one cut on each side of the head through the small 
bone connecting the base of the lower jaw with the 
scull, another through the roof of the mouth at the base 
of the upper mandible, and between the jaws of the 
lower, and a fourth through the scull behind the orbits, 
and parallel to the roof of the mouth, you will have 
■freed the scull from all the accompanying brain and 
muscle. Should anything still adhere, it may be re- 
moved separately. In making the two first cuts, care 
must be taken not to ..injure or sever the zygoma, a 
small bone extending from the base of the upper man- 
dible to the base of the lower jaw bone. Clean off 
every particle of muscle and fat from the head and 
neck ; and applying the preservative abundantly to the 
scull, inside and out, and skin, restore these parts to their 
natural position. In all the preceding operations, the 
skin should be handled as near the point of adhesion as 
possible, especial care being taken not to stretch it 
i The next operation is to connect the two wings in- 
side of the skin by means of a string, which should be 
passed betwen the lower ends of the two bones joining 
