. The naturalist's manual : containing descriptions of the nests and eggs of North American birds. (Turididae-Tanagridae.) Also instructions for collecting and preserving birds, nests, eggs & insects . theskin a thorough coating of the Arsenical Paste ; insv rt the bodyinto the skin and anchor the wires of the legs in the samemanner as described in mounting birds with closed wings. Thebody being inserted and the opening nicely sewed up, the legsshould be bent in their proper shape and the bird placed on astand. The wings of the bird will of course be drooping, and itsgeneral shape will be dist
. The naturalist's manual : containing descriptions of the nests and eggs of North American birds. (Turididae-Tanagridae.) Also instructions for collecting and preserving birds, nests, eggs & insects . theskin a thorough coating of the Arsenical Paste ; insv rt the bodyinto the skin and anchor the wires of the legs in the samemanner as described in mounting birds with closed wings. Thebody being inserted and the opening nicely sewed up, the legsshould be bent in their proper shape and the bird placed on astand. The wings of the bird will of course be drooping, and itsgeneral shape will be distorted. Shacpen tvyfo long wires for themain support of the wings; now run each of these wires throughthe (sometimes improperly called the shofilder), pass themdown through under the feathers that cover the opening under thewing which was sewed up, and thrust them into the wings should now be bent in .their proper shape, givingthem their natural curves. Additional wires are required tosupport the wings until dry. These are sharpened and thrust into MOUNTING BIRDS WITH SPREAD WINGS. 113 the back and carried up under the wings and bent over them, asshown in the accompanying Fig. 6.—Eagle properh mounted, showing position of the supportingwires and card-board holding the feathers in their proper place in birdswith spread wings. The feathers of the wing should be held in their proper placeby pinning card-board over them, as represented in the above tail-feathers of all large birds should be wired by running apiece of small wire through each feather at the flat part of thequill near the body, and should also have card-board pinned to it,and then spread in position. When a bird is to be suspended it should have the wingsslightly raised ; the wire which it is to be hung upon may be runthrough the body from the back and clinched on the breast. 114 MISCELLANEOUS RECIPES, ETC. MISCELLINEOUS RECIPES, 8cC, To Preserve Small Birds Entire. Take strong alcoho
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