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Title: The naturalist's guide in collecting and preserving objects of natural history, with a complete catalogue of the birds of the eastern Massachusetts
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Maynard, C. J. (Charles Johnson), 1845-1929
Subjects: Taxidermy Zoological specimens Birds
Publisher: Boston, Osgood & co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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two inches (Fig. 1, d). Proceed in the same manner with the other leg ; if thisseems difficult at first, practice will soon overcome thedifficulty. Be sure and clinch the wires firmly, as theywill otherwise cause trouble. Force the wire cut for thehead down through the skull near the base of the bill(Fig. 3, g) through the neck, — but it must not come outthrough the skin anywhere, — through the body (Fig. 1, e),out the other side, where it is clinched as before (Fig. 1, c).Force the wire cut for the tail through the bone left inthe tail, and under the tail, into the body (Fig. 1, f);clinch as usual (Fig. 3, g). Bend the wire — which shouldprotrude about two inches beyond the end of the tail —into the form of a T (Fig. 1, h) \ the cross-piece is placedabout half the length of the tail; on this the tail rests.Pin up the incision by drawing the edges of the skintogether and forcing pins through them into the body ;then smooth the feathers over the place. 38 THE NATURALISTS GUIDE.
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Plate VIII. THE WAY TO MOUNT BIRDS. 39 Fasten the bird upon the stand by passing the wires ofthe feet through the holes in the cross-piece (Plate VIII. Fig.3, h), then twist the ends of the wire around the ends of thecross-piece (Fig. 3, s) to fasten it firmly. Place the bird inposition with the tarsi inclining backward (Fig. 3, i), so thata line dropped from the back of the head, passing throughthe bod)-, would pass down the centre of the stand (Fig. 3, a, a).This is a natural rule, and one that applies to all perch-ing birds. Next arrange the wings in position by applyingthe same rules that were given when making a skin ; inthis case, however, the following additional rule may be ofuse. The end of the bone of the forearm should reach justhalf the length and width of the body where it meets thelower end of the thigh (see Plate X. B). Having arrangedthe wing, pin it near the bend to ,the body (Plate VIII.Fig. 3, b), also through the first primary quill (Fig. 3, c).The wings should in

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