. Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States, and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824. With original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc., for cabinets of natural history. Taxidermy; Zoology. TAXIDERMY. 503 shrivelled, as though they belonged to the mummies of ancient days. In order to give the legs of birds a natural appearance, and a natural size, the skin from the very claws to the top of the leg must be separated from the bone by running a working-iron betwixt it and the bone, and then modelling the skin with the working iron. &
. Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States, and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824. With original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc., for cabinets of natural history. Taxidermy; Zoology. TAXIDERMY. 503 shrivelled, as though they belonged to the mummies of ancient days. In order to give the legs of birds a natural appearance, and a natural size, the skin from the very claws to the top of the leg must be separated from the bone by running a working-iron betwixt it and the bone, and then modelling the skin with the working iron. "The wattles of fowl, the caruncles of turkeys, and the combs of cocks, by the simple process of internal modelling, may be made to retain their natural ;. All improvements are gained by experience, and, when I first knew Waterton, he had abandoned the box of cfft- tonwool, and employed a far superior mode of fixing his subject. Instead of a box, he had made a simple framework, as here shown, both ends being open and the upper part projecting considerably. This was bored full of holes at irregular inter-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865; Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889, ed. London, Macmillan
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