. The naturalist's guide in collecting and preserving objects of natural history : with a complete catalogue of the birds of eastern Massachusetts . Fig. 2. Plate IV. THE ART OF PRESERVING BIRDS. 27 bill horizontal with the back or bottom of the roundedspace, with the culmen (Plate IV., Fig. 1, d) nearly touch-ing the paper. The skin must remain in this positionwithout being disturbed until perfectly dry, which in verywarm wreather, with small birds, will be in about twenty-four hours. If this corrugated board cannot be procured, the skinmay be placed on its back upon a flat surface, with alit
. The naturalist's guide in collecting and preserving objects of natural history : with a complete catalogue of the birds of eastern Massachusetts . Fig. 2. Plate IV. THE ART OF PRESERVING BIRDS. 27 bill horizontal with the back or bottom of the roundedspace, with the culmen (Plate IV., Fig. 1, d) nearly touch-ing the paper. The skin must remain in this positionwithout being disturbed until perfectly dry, which in verywarm wreather, with small birds, will be in about twenty-four hours. If this corrugated board cannot be procured, the skinmay be placed on its back upon a flat surface, with alittle cotton on each side of it to prevent its getting dis-placed. This is what is technically termed a skin(Fig. 3), and this method of making them is the best Ihave ever seen practised, and one that I have used foryears as beiug the most expedient. The skins so madeare less liable to injury, being stronger than some others,and are also very easily mounted. I have made in asingle day, in the manner described, fifty skins, and withpractice almost any one will be able to do the same; tenminutes being ample time for each, including the meas-uring. Before
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