. The Taxidermist's guide : a complete instructor in the art of collecting, preparing, mounting and preserving all kinds of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . enical soap, and washedwith the solution of corrosive sublimate inside. The thread,with which the beak is tied, is taken hold of by the left hand,and the head is repassed into the neck with the forefinger of theright hand, while the thread is pulled on the opposite side ; andwe are careful that the feathers, at the margin of the opening, donot enter with the edges of the skin. The bird is now laid onthe table with the head tu
. The Taxidermist's guide : a complete instructor in the art of collecting, preparing, mounting and preserving all kinds of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . enical soap, and washedwith the solution of corrosive sublimate inside. The thread,with which the beak is tied, is taken hold of by the left hand,and the head is repassed into the neck with the forefinger of theright hand, while the thread is pulled on the opposite side ; andwe are careful that the feathers, at the margin of the opening, donot enter with the edges of the skin. The bird is now laid onthe table with the head turned towards the left hand, and thelegs and wings adjusted to their proper situation. A fiat pieceof lead, about a pound in weight, is laid on the tail, while thefeathers of the margins of the opening are raised by the forefinger and thumb of the left hand, to prevent their being inside of the neck is now coated with the arsenical soap ;flax is stuffed into it, but not too tightly. The back and rumpare anointed, and the body should then be stuffed with tow, toabout a third of the thickness required, so that the wire mayhave a sort of cushion to rest 27 4, the oval and head-wires of a bird separated; 5, the tail-bearersseparated ; 6, a leg-ioire separated; 7 the body-wire, the head-wire,the tail-bearer and legs connected. Four pieces of wire are then prepared, of the thickness pro-portionate to the size of the bird to be stuffed. The centre-pieceshould be somewhat longer than the body of the bird. At abouta fourth of its length a small ring is formed, by the assisiance ofthe round pincers or plyers, and the other end is pointed with afile. This wTlre is oiled, and introduced across the skull, andpassed into the neck, through the centre of the flax or tow withwhich it is stuffed, the ring being situated. towTard the anteriorpart of the skull, for the purpose of receiving the points of eachof the wires that are passed through the feet and thighs. The following is t
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