. A flying trip to the tropics. A record of an ornithological visit to the United States of Colombia, South America and to the island of Curaçao, West Indies, in the year 1892 . the sheet of paper. Cut off theheads of two of the wire nails, and drive them through the fish andinto the board, one near the head, and the other near the tail. 174 A FLYING TRIP TO THE TROPICS. Drive the nails until tliey are below the level of the skin, when the scales will cover the^ ^^ holes, and they will not be seen. Thesewill support theweight of the , with your plierscut off the heads ofa number of pin
. A flying trip to the tropics. A record of an ornithological visit to the United States of Colombia, South America and to the island of Curaçao, West Indies, in the year 1892 . the sheet of paper. Cut off theheads of two of the wire nails, and drive them through the fish andinto the board, one near the head, and the other near the tail. 174 A FLYING TRIP TO THE TROPICS. Drive the nails until tliey are below the level of the skin, when the scales will cover the^ ^^ holes, and they will not be seen. Thesewill support theweight of the , with your plierscut off the heads ofa number of pins,and use the points tokeej) spread the fishstail and fins. Putthe board on edge, and move your camera up until the fish nearlycovers the plate. Use a very slow plate, and give plenty of expos-ure. When you have developed your plate, and come to print it,vignette closely to the fish, by which means you can get an almostdead white background. In case you do not use a white back-ground, you may still print on aristotype paper, and then, with asharp eraser, scratch off all the print except the fish, thus getting apure white background. This sea bass, a male, with the dorsal. WHITE PERCH.
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