SKINNING BIRDS. 
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from the skin, or it will be in the way when 
the eyelids are arranged in making the skin. 
Peel well down to the base of the bill, so that 
every portion of the skin may be covered with 
preservative. Push the point of the knife under 
the eyes, and remove them by a single motion, 
without breaking them. Cut off the back of the 
skull at the point shown in the line A, Fig. 4; 
Turn the head over and make two cuts outward as 
seen at A. A., Fig. 5. thus removing a triangular 
portion of the skull B, Fig. 4, to which the brain 
will usually adhere, but when it does not, remove 
it with the point of the knife. This leaves the 
eye-cavities open from beneath. Draw out the 
