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headed Black Tit-Moufe, Page 21, are his Hoitzillin, Vol. I. Page p7, and hi3 
can Chichi Itototl, Vol. I. Page 96. My Black-headed Indian Idlerus^ Page yj, is his 
Ocotzinitzcan^ VoL I. Page 97. I have alfo, I believe, two or three Birds of Peti- 
n)er figured and defcribed in Raf^ Synop/is Method. Avium but his Figures are fo. 
mean, and the Defcriptions fo very brief, that I can determine nothing certain, whe- 
ther I have figured them or not, fo I fhall not point them out. 
For the Amufement of the Curious of either Sex, and to fulfil a Promife to fome 
particular Ladies, I have here inferted a Receipt of the Manner of making Pidures 
of Birds with their Natural Feathers. 
FirR take a thin Board,, or Pannel of Deal, or Wainfcot well leafoned, that it 
may not fhrink, then fmoothly paflie on. it white Paper, and let it dry ; and if the 
Wood cafis its Colour through, you may pafte on a fecond Paper, and it will be 
whiter : Let the fecond Paper dry, then get ready any Bird that you would, reprefent, 
and draw it as exad as may be on your paper'd Pannel, of its Natural Size,, (middle- 
fized Birds are bed for this Work ) then paint what Ground-work, or Tree, or 
other Thing, you defign to fet your Bird on, together with the Bill and Legs of the 
Bird in Water-Colours, leaving the Bird to be covered with its own Natural Fea- 
thers. You muft firft prepare the Part to be feather'd, by laying on pretty thick. 
Gum Arabic^ difiblved in Water, with a large Hair Pencil ; then lay the Pannel flat, and 
let it dry hard, and when dry cover it with your Gum-Water a fecond Time, and let it 
dry, and then a third, in cafe you do not find it lie with a good Body on the Paper 5 the 
Thicknefs of a Shilling, when dried hard, is fufficient : When your Piece is thus pre- 
pared, take the Feathers off from your Bird, as you ufe them,, beginning always- at 
the Tail, and Points of the Wing, and working upwards to the. Plead, obferving to> 
cover that Part of your Draught with the Feather, that you take from the fame Part 
in your Bird, letting them fall one over another in their natural Order 3, you mufb 
prepare your Feathers by cutting off the downy Part that is about their Bottoms ; and 
the larger Feathers mufl: have the Infides of their Shafts fliaved off with a Knife to 
make them lie flat; the Quills of the Wings mufl: have their inner Webs clipped of^. 
that in laying them the Gum may hold them by their Shafts. When. you begin n> 
lay them, take a Pair of Steel Pliers to hold the Feathers in,, and. have fome Gum- 
Water, not too thin, and a large Pencil ready to moiflen the gumM Ground- work 
by little and little as you work it,, then lay your Feathers on the moiflen’d Part'^,. 
which muft not be waterifli, but fomething tacky or clammy to hold the Feathers, 
You fliould prepare a Parcel of fmall leaden Weights, in the Form of Sugar-Loaves, 
which you may cafl in Sand, by nrfl:- making Holes in Its Surface with a pointed 
Stick : Thefe Weights will, be neceffary to fet on the Feathers you have newly laye(h 
on to hold them to the Gum, till they are dry and fixed ; but you mufl; be cautious 
leafl the Gum come through the Feathers, for it not only fmears them, but dries to - 
the Bottoms of the Weights, and you will be apt to pull off the Feathers with tlie 
Weights, which will diforder.your Work: When you have wholly covered your 
Bird with Feathers, you mufl with a little thick Gum flick on a Piece, of Paper cue 
round, of the Bignefs, and in the Place of the Eye, which you muft colour like the Eye 
of the Bird. When the whole is dry, drefs the Feathers round the Out-line that may/ 
chance to fhre a little^, and rectify what may be mended. in any other Part ; then lay 
a Shecs: 
