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at the back; the lower part of the neck (in front) should be 
well filled but kept well compressed at the sides, and the 
natural hollow on each side near the shoulder must on no 
account be filled ; great care should be taken that the neck 
is not drawn out longer than in the living bird. Fill the 
remaining part of the body with wool, tapering it off towards 
the tail in the natural manner; draw the skin together over 
the opening, and it may be secured with one or two stitches, 
leaving both ends of the thread loose. Now tie the legs 
together with a piece of thread, leaving the ends a few inches 
long ; put the skin nicely in shape with the feathers in order; 
press the tail back to expand it a little and push it very 
slightly up into the skin ; also press the neck into the skin 
a trifle and shape it properly. Now carefully place a paper 
belt around the wings and secure it with a pin. The skin must 
next be labelled ; the label should be pierced and tied to the 
feet by the thread left for the purpose ; it should be only just 
large enough to w T rite the necessary particulars upon; write 
upon one side both English and scientific name of the bird, 
the sex, date of taking, locality, and name of collector; on 
the other side write the colour of iris, cere (or skin at base of 
bill) and tarsi (or feet). To ascertain the sex of a bird, take 
the body, make an incision down the abdomen, push aside 
the intestines, and near the vertebra will be found two w T hite 
glandular bodies if a male, or an ovary containing rudimentary 
eggs if a female. The skin must now be left till it is quite 
stiff. 
(To be continued). 
NOTES AND NEWS. 
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Rare Butterflies.— A correspondent writes: 44 In the 
4 Bazaar ’ for July 8th, 4 F. Bromley Jun., ” writing from East¬ 
bourne has the following:— 4 Since writing the above, my 
brother and a gentleman from Brighton have both seen Papilio 
podalivius at Robbin Post Lane, Abbot’s Wood. I have seen 
two full-grown larvae of Apatura iris captured by the same 
gentleman, and a fine Argynnis lathonia from Horsham. Larvae 
have been very plentiful here this year.’ What do your ento¬ 
mological readers say to this ?” 
Turtle Doves in Yorkshire. —On June 30th, 1892, I found 
a turtle dove’s nest with two eggs, built in a hedgerow near 
Pontefract Park ; it was unfortunately robbed by some boys. 
During the latter part of 1891 I had a young one brought me 
by a labourer, who had shot it ; they are an uncommon bird 
here. 
Castlefovd. 
C. Hawkins. 
