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26014	Browne, Montagu	Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.			.txt	text/plain	133163	5522	72	tried of skinning birds in their fresh state, and also of cutting the of drawings, how very few tools are required to skin and set up a bird professional requires to skin and stuff a small or medium-sized bird inside the mouth, a small quantity of carbolic acid wash (Formula No. 16) will be found useful to dilute the preservative paste. Having placed ready for use the skinning knife (see Fig. 11), the Fig. 23--Skin of Bird Turned Ready for Severance from Body Another method of shaping skins whilst drying is described by Mr. Batty, the well-known American taxidermist, who makes a drying board for small skins in the following manner (see Fig. 24): Procure a piece Fig. 24--"Set" or Drying Board for Birds' Skins. Then place a little piece of tow inside the skin to head, with a long piece of neck-skin attached, severed from the body,	./cache/26014.txt	./txt/26014.txt