. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. 378 PBEPABATWN OF BIRD SPECIMENS joins the eyeball and skin is to be carefully cut with the scis- sors. In this process the eyelids must not be injured nor the eyeballs ruptured. The skin is next pressed from the skull about to the bill. The eyes are now fully exposed and can be readily removed without rupture by the aid of the rounded end of the commercial steel pen. 8. With the scissors cut off the back part of the skull obliquely, as shown in the next figure/ a
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. 378 PBEPABATWN OF BIRD SPECIMENS joins the eyeball and skin is to be carefully cut with the scis- sors. In this process the eyelids must not be injured nor the eyeballs ruptured. The skin is next pressed from the skull about to the bill. The eyes are now fully exposed and can be readily removed without rupture by the aid of the rounded end of the commercial steel pen. 8. With the scissors cut off the back part of the skull obliquely, as shown in the next figure/ and pull away the body, neck, and tongue from the skin. This oblique cutting with the scissors is performed by four cuts, — one across the roof of the mouth, two obliquely upward along the sides of the skull, and the last across the top just above the neck. Next remove the brain with the rounded end of the steel pen. This can often be done without rupturing the surrounding membrane. If the tongue was not pulled out with the neck it must now be removed, together with all the fleshy parts about the base of the skull. 9. Full the leg and wing bones out the proper distance from the skin and cut away all the flesh possible. The illustration * will show how far to pull and what to remove. The base of the tail needs also to be cleaned of superfluous flesh. 10. The skin is now ready to be treated. With the small brush, paint the arsenic mixture over every part of the skin and bones, being especially careful to leave a full supply wher- ever there is flesh. (See caution in regard to this poison on page nST.) 11. Nearly fill the eye sockets with small, twisted-up wads of cotton, and plaster them even full of flay in about the plastic. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig), 1838-1
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