. Birds and their eggs . lder, left thigh, right thigh, tail ; or left thigh, tail,right thigh. An excellent way, especially with Game-birds, is tomake an incision from the vent on either side to the upper edgeof the thigh. By this means a triangular flap is made of theabdominal skin, which falls back into place after the body hasbeen taken out, and the feathers of the breast are not disturbedat all. Many taxidermists prefer the plan indicated in fig. 1, andexplained beneath the figure. Others cut the bird open along thekeel of the breast-bone to the top of the abdomen. This cut shouldnot be c
. Birds and their eggs . lder, left thigh, right thigh, tail ; or left thigh, tail,right thigh. An excellent way, especially with Game-birds, is tomake an incision from the vent on either side to the upper edgeof the thigh. By this means a triangular flap is made of theabdominal skin, which falls back into place after the body hasbeen taken out, and the feathers of the breast are not disturbedat all. Many taxidermists prefer the plan indicated in fig. 1, andexplained beneath the figure. Others cut the bird open along thekeel of the breast-bone to the top of the abdomen. This cut shouldnot be carried far beyond the front end of the keel, or the skin willtear across the sides of the neck while it is being removed, and thedamage will be irreparable. The skin is next pushed back till theleft shoulder is exposed : this must be divided at the shoulder-joint, ^ >■ Ig, . a St! 2 CU— D to iHiB^ a 0- -. ftc a N. - Siiw to ■Sp^B a oj c«;=^ •- J= rr. C t. a 5 2 <u--/3 V ^^2 = •^ .H2 a a ^ H tS M ja 2 S ^. the humeral bone being always left with the wing (see fig. 2).Then the skin must be carefully pushed back by the fingers andthumb-nails till the neck is exposed. This must be cut throughwith the nail-scissors, care being taken not to make a hole witlitheir sliarj) points in the skin below the neck ; the right wingmust then be attacked, and also severed at the shoulder. Allthis time, with each motion of the fingers, the feathers of thebreast will be exposed to the risk of being soiled by the moistsurface of the body. It is, therefore, .necessary to have somesawdust or sand handy to sprinkle over the raw flesh as it becomesexposed ; and if this Ije not available, a wisp of wool laid alongthe base of the feathers will keep them back in a most unexpectedway ; but, as already stated, after a few attempts at skinning a bird,the fingers will be found to interpose by instinct, and to prevent thefeathers from becoming soiled by contact with the flesh. The two wing-join
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