. Birds' nests & eggs : with directions for preparing, stuffing, and mounting birds and animals : with thirteen engravings and diagrams, and a coloured illustration of the eggs of British pet eggs. Birds; Birds; Taxidermy. :rAIlING AND STUFFING ANIMALS. consistence of prstty. With this the form of the animal's lips are moulded, or modeller's wax may be used for the same j)ur- pose, so as to fill up the more delicate fleshy parts, which have no hairy covering; the cheeks heing stuffed with fine cotton- wool, retained in its place sometimes by a piece of fine calico, which surrounds the head
. Birds' nests & eggs : with directions for preparing, stuffing, and mounting birds and animals : with thirteen engravings and diagrams, and a coloured illustration of the eggs of British pet eggs. Birds; Birds; Taxidermy. :rAIlING AND STUFFING ANIMALS. consistence of prstty. With this the form of the animal's lips are moulded, or modeller's wax may be used for the same j)ur- pose, so as to fill up the more delicate fleshy parts, which have no hairy covering; the cheeks heing stuffed with fine cotton- wool, retained in its place sometimes by a piece of fine calico, which surrounds the head, the whole being covered with soap. The skin is now drawn over the whole as far as the cartilages of the ears, which are sewed on and fixed in then- place. The sixth wire or framework is now fixed in the middle of the body, from the neck to the tail, penetrating the bones of the head between the eyes, as represented in the engraving, the wires for the four feet and tail being attached in the following manner, having previously surrounded the wire with tow approximating to the thickness of the neck of the animal: At the junction of the anterior members with the body, a loop is made in the body wire to which those forming the limbs are firmly attached; a cork is sometimes j)laced at the end of the body wire, to which the tail is attached, as in the case of birds, but in general the wire which forms the tail is only twisted round the central wne in such a manner as to form a sufficient fulcrum for carrying the tail. All the wires being attached, and the members placed in the position they are to retain when the animal is mounted, the stuffing may pro- ceed. "We have now to do with the neck, which was roughly stuffed to receive the body wne. It now requires more careful stuffing with fine material to bring out the contour and mus- cular swellings. This should be stuffed with great care, first giving it a coating of soap; no void must be left near the head, nor must it be thic
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