. Guide leaflet. ) Lay the bird on its back. Separate the feathers downthe mid-line of the breast, where the skin will be found moreor less bare. With scalpel or scissors make a longitudinalincision through the skin, from about midway down thebreast bone, backward to the vent, into which the cut may becontinued. Try not to cut into the wall of the abdomen,although a small hole will not matter. 10 REMOVAL OK SKIN (3) Taking the very edges of the skin by the finger nails,and pushing; with the handle of the scalpel between the skinand flesh, separate the skin from the body, farther and fartherbac
. Guide leaflet. ) Lay the bird on its back. Separate the feathers downthe mid-line of the breast, where the skin will be found moreor less bare. With scalpel or scissors make a longitudinalincision through the skin, from about midway down thebreast bone, backward to the vent, into which the cut may becontinued. Try not to cut into the wall of the abdomen,although a small hole will not matter. 10 REMOVAL OK SKIN (3) Taking the very edges of the skin by the finger nails,and pushing; with the handle of the scalpel between the skinand flesh, separate the skin from the body, farther and fartherback on both sides, until you lay bare the birds corn-meal or other drying powder (p. 7) upon t he fleshas it is exposed, to dry it, and to prevent the feathers fromadhering. (4) Take hold of one of the feet from the outside, push theknee farther up into view inside the skin, as in Fig. 2. Withthe scissors, clip the leg entirely in two at the knee-joint,inside the skin. Do the same with the other Kg. 3. While holding the base of the tail, press it upward with the second finger, and cul through with scissors to the skin of the hack, onthe line indicated. (5) On both sides of t lie abdomen separate the skin as faras possible, and sprinkle meal With the scissors, first cut REMOVAL OF SKIN 11 through the lower end of tho intestine, close to the vent, andthen through the base of the tail, far enough forward to avoidthe bases of the tail-quills. (See Fig. 3.) Continue until yousee the skin all across, and the tail is completely severed fromthe body, inside the skin. A small hole may perhaps be cut
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