. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. 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 is found by examining the place where the wings were cut off from the body. The proper locality for both wing and leg wires is shown in the illustration of the tow body (page 380) by small circles. The wing wires need some clinching after being passed through the tow body, though this is not so im- portant as
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. 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 is found by examining the place where the wings were cut off from the body. The proper locality for both wing and leg wires is shown in the illustration of the tow body (page 380) by small circles. The wing wires need some clinching after being passed through the tow body, though this is not so im- portant as the firm fixing of the leg wires. When a success- ful flying bird has been prepared/ a slight modification of the plan will en- able the student to give a male the strutting position.^ After this he is ready to undertake the mounting of birds in all kinds of natural atti- tudes. Probably as difficult a one as any is that of gathering food from the ground.'" GENERAL HINTS ABOUT THE MOUNTING OF BIRDS Cleaning blood from feathers.—No matter how small the shot used, there will occasionally be blood spots to be removed. This can be easily done when the blood is fresh. In the worst of cases, with the blood dry and the feathers white, the stains can all be removed if sufficient time and care be giren to the work. Wash the spots thoroughly with warm water (and soap also if necessary), and dry with abundance of plaster of Paris. After the moisture has been all absorbed, the plaster is to be completely diisted from the feathers. Birds difficult to skin. — Birds with large heads and small necks, as the ducks and woodpeckers, will not allow the neck skin to pass over the head. In these cases, the skin of the neck has to be so split open as to allow the head to be skinned and the brain to be removed. Birds with firm, close feathers,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance
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