The Popular recreator. A key to in-door and out-door amusements .. (1873)
London, New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter & Galpin · leaf 494
the junction of the thighs at c (page 24), and then by takinghold of the joint at H, and by pushing gently upwards, you will beable to loosen the skin all round, and to divide at the joint c. the bottom of the neck, as soon as you have separated thewings, and in the case of a narrow-necked bird,… … THE WOODCOCK. Apply plenty of plaster between the skin and the body as you goon separating them; work round the lower parts of the back, andwhen you can get your finger under the backbone just belowthe vent, b, then cut through the backbone just above the verylast joint. Take care not to squeeze…
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