DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES. PLATES I. and II. referred to in the text. PLATE III. Fig. 1. The bird, with the incision for skinning and removing the body. Fig. 2. The body removed; the skin turned inside out like a glove; legs and wings dissected; the skull skinned to the front, cleansed from the flesh, and the occipital hole enlarged for taking away the brains; a, the strings fastened to the beak. Fig. 3. The bird with all the wires inserted. PLATE IV. Fig. 1. The oval or body-wire, the head-wire, the tail-bearer, and leg-wires, connected. Fig. 2. The leg-wires separated. Fig. 3. The tail-bearer separated, Fig. 4. The oval and head-wire separated. Fig. 5. The net for catching butterflies and insects when flying; the oval becoming perpendicular by a turn of the wrist, escape is prevented. Fig. 6. Flappers for catching butterflies or insects on leaves or flowers. 1. Front view; a, the oval wire 168 rivet; b, the bow for the thumb or finger. 2. Side view, to show the way of opening and closing the flappers, by means of the riveted handles. PLATE V. Fig. 1. An instrument for the convenience of travellers, the upper edge of which, a, is sharpened for cutting specimens of the wood from the trunks or larger branches of trees; b, edged for severing the branches out of reach; c, blunt for hooking them down, for the sake of the leaf, fruit, or flower. This, with a small spade for digging up plants, may be carried in the waistcoat pocket, and the same handle will serve for them and the insect net. Fig. 2. Shape of the larger hammer used for rocks. Fig. 3. Smaller hammer enlarged, to show the direction of the upper edge, a, which must form a segment of the circle formed by the arm in striking, (to make the blow effective,) which depends of course on the length of the arm. THE END. LONDON: Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode, |