What to do and how to do it; the American boys handy book (1920)
Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 265
20) equal in length to themeasurement you made from root of tail to top of head ; wind about it a bunch of excelsior(straw will answer as a sub-stitute for excelsior shav-ings) ; secure this to the wireby repeated wrappings ofstout thread, and mould thebundle into a shape resemb-ling the birds body… … Fig. 149.—Owl-Skin and False Body. wire still bare, which represents the neck. File the extremityof this wire to a sharp point, then force it diagonally up throughthe skull to the top, where it must be clinched ; wrap the neckwire between the artificial body and the head with cotton bat-ting (Fig.…
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