. The Taxidermist's guide : a complete instructor in the art of collecting, preparing, mounting and preserving all kinds of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . and into the neck, and leave something over to fastenthe bird by to the board or spray upon wiiich it is to be next operation requires some address and great practice,namely, the passing the wire up the legs. This is done by forcingit into the centre of the foot, and up the back of the legs, into thehemp body, through it obliquely, and into the neck, until it ispretty firm. In doing this, you must remember the ordi
. The Taxidermist's guide : a complete instructor in the art of collecting, preparing, mounting and preserving all kinds of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . and into the neck, and leave something over to fastenthe bird by to the board or spray upon wiiich it is to be next operation requires some address and great practice,namely, the passing the wire up the legs. This is done by forcingit into the centre of the foot, and up the back of the legs, into thehemp body, through it obliquely, and into the neck, until it ispretty firm. In doing this, you must remember the ordinaryposition of a bird when alive, and, therefore, instead of passingthe wire the whole way within the skin of the leg, when you getto the part where you have cut off the bone, that is, the knee-joint, pass it through the skin to the outside, and in again,through the skin, from the outside, where the knee would comenaturally in the attitude of standing or perching—it makes littledifference which. This is essential, because, if the wire bepassed the whole way inside the skin, it produces a wrongplacing of the legs. Fig. 13 will illustrate this, a repre- Fig\ senting the line in which the wire should run. The bird isnow stuffed, and you may at once place it upon a spray or board,as the case may be. In placing a bird upon a spray, the firstjoint should be bent almost on a level with the foot; and, inplacing a bird on a board, one leg should be placed somewhat be-hind the other. If the wings are intended to be closed, as is usu- ^6 THE TAXIDERMISTS GUIDE. ally the case, bring them into their place, which may be done byputting the fingers under them, and pressing them together overthe back; you may then pass a needle, or large pin, of which youshould have a good supply by you, through the thick part of theupper wing into the body, and so by the lower wing, and if youallow these to protrude, you may fasten to one of them a piece ofthread, and wind it carefully and lightly roun
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