. The oist . builtby the birds themselves; in most casesthe eggs were those laid by the femalebird in the case, and in many cases thetrees, the boughs, the strange retreatsin which those birds appear are thosein which they were found. Mr. Werner learned the art of taxi-dermy when he was 20. He hadformed a friendship with a teacher inthe parochial school at Nazareth, anaturalist in his way. His extensiveknowledge of bird anatomy enableshim to mount birds just as they werewhen living and the results are re-markable. For five years Mr. Werner has beentaxidermist for the State Museum atTrenton, N.
. The oist . builtby the birds themselves; in most casesthe eggs were those laid by the femalebird in the case, and in many cases thetrees, the boughs, the strange retreatsin which those birds appear are thosein which they were found. Mr. Werner learned the art of taxi-dermy when he was 20. He hadformed a friendship with a teacher inthe parochial school at Nazareth, anaturalist in his way. His extensiveknowledge of bird anatomy enableshim to mount birds just as they werewhen living and the results are re-markable. For five years Mr. Werner has beentaxidermist for the State Museum atTrenton, N. J, and during this timehe has collected about 300 birds in-digenous to the State and placed themin the Museum. He uses a 12 gaugeshotgun with which he has shot allkinds of birds ranging from Eagles loHumming Birds. One of the largest in his collectionis a great white Whistling Swan—amajestic bird from Alaska. From tipto tip of the wings it measures near-ly ten feet. By some chance the bird THB OOLOOlST 15. *«*?X •sftS^^^^ .M^ SWALLOW-TAILED KITE GROUP 16 THE OOLOGIST migrated to the southwest and wasshot by Mr. Werner one winter sixvears ago along tlie Chesapeake Bay. In another case with a young lambin its talons, one can see a great Gol-den Eagle. It is an imperial bird, ful-ly developed, and measures eight feetfour inches from tip to tip of thewings. To the visitor who shows an interestMr. Werner will point out a groa:3 o;Myrtle Warblers from Northern Penn-sylvania caught forty-five years agoand Icoks today as lively as in theearly days of Mr. Werners career Besides the birds, Mr. Werner boastsof possibly the most complete collec-tirns of nests in the country. Thereare nests of Kingfishers in sand;nests of Flycatchers in trees designedso as to ensnare flies (another romance, R. M. B.) nests in hollow trees;a nest of the Bush Tit resembling ahanging pcuch, and a nest of theBrown Creeper contrived behind loosebark. By a peculiar process Mr. Werner isable to preserve
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