Ladies' manual of art : or, Profit and pastime : a self teacher in all branches of decorative art, embracing every variety of painting and drawing on china, glass, velvet, canvas, paper and wood : the secret of all glass transparencies, sketching from nature, pastel and crayon drawing, taxidermy, etc (1887)
Philadelphia : American Mutual Library Association · leaf 246
embraneis visible below, it must be pushed up with the steel point. The stuffing of the bird being now completed, the nextthing is to place it either on a branch, or, if a bird which doesnot sit on trees, on a piece of plank; whichever of these it is,two holes are bored for the reception of the… … Fig. 11. STUFFING BIRDS. 225 legs. The wires are put through these holes, and twisted soas to secure the bird in its position. The attitude of thebird will, of course, depend upon the fancy and taste of theoperator, and ought to be in conformity with the manners ofthe bird in a living state. The…
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