. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . 384 PREPARATION OF BIRD SPECIMENS wires into the tow body just before you insert those of the legs(stage 18). The position for the entrance of these wires isfound by examining the place where the wings were cut offfrom the body. The proper locality for both wing and legwires is shown in the illustration of the tow body (page 380)by small circles. The wing wires need some clinching afterbeing passed through the tow body, though this is not so im-portant as the firmfixing
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . 384 PREPARATION OF BIRD SPECIMENS wires into the tow body just before you insert those of the legs(stage 18). The position for the entrance of these wires isfound by examining the place where the wings were cut offfrom the body. The proper locality for both wing and legwires is shown in the illustration of the tow body (page 380)by small circles. The wing wires need some clinching afterbeing passed through the tow body, though this is not so im-portant as the firmfixing of the legwires. When a success-ful Hying bird has. been i)repared,^ aslight modificationof the plan will en-able the student togive a male the strutting After this he is ready toundertake the mounting of birds in all kinds of natural atti-tudes Probably as difficult a one as any is that of gatheringfood from the ground. GKNEKAL HINTS AHorP TIIK MolNPING OF BIRDS Cleaning blood from feathers. — No matter how small theshot used, there will occasionally be blood spots to be can be easily done when the blood is fresh. In the worstof cases, with the blood dry and the feathers white, the stainscan all be removed if sufficient time and care be given to thework. Wash the spots thoroughly with warm water (and soapalso if necessary), and dry with abundance of plaster of the moisture has been all absorbed, the plaster is to becompletely dusted from the feathers. Birds difficult to skin. — Birds with large heads and smallnecks, as the ducks and woodi)eckers, will not allow the neckskin to pass over the head
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