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Handicrafts 253 easiest birds are those about the size of a robin or bluejay (leaving out the woodpeckers). | Supposing the specimen to be skinned is a robin: | First put a little plug of cotton wool in its throat and mouth, also into any wounds the bird may have, to staunch WY ACRASS EN NWS a Za Z cut heacl off here “~wing-bone j Shackle under stele of = SKULL, Showing hole eu fo remove brains Making a Bird-skin | (Robin) E.TS. be —_—e penne the flow of blood, etc. This should be done the moment the bird comes into your possession. Now lay the bird on its back, tail toward your right hand; part the feathers, and make a slit from near the end of the breast-bones into the vent (Fig. 1), taking care to cut only the skin, not the walls of the abdomen. Separate the skin from the flesh by pushing it with the finger nail or knife- blade. As soon as the flesh 1s exposed, put a pinch of meal