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Show From Blue Jays to Dinosaurs Whether it's a bluejay, a dinosaur or a Paleozoic fossil, the National Na-tional Museum at I- ashington, D. C, is glad to pet it. Specimens last year numbered 368,082. These photos sliow you how the taxidermist taxi-dermist goes about his job. ft i! - 1 vr y1 V-VJ First the skin and coat of feathers feath-ers are separated from the rest of the body. Stout cord is wrapped around excelsior. The artificial body and neck must bemadetofit perfectly. Above: The bluejay' s new artificial body is inserted in the feather cloak and sewed inside. The entire operation takes two and a half hours. Right: And we might call for applause for lax.dermist Asche-meier, Asche-meier, who makes his appearance appear-ance at this time. Perhaps he can is be persuaded to stuff a butterfly as an encore. X n - .". f a- y 4 if' Say ai.' This particular dinosaur dino-saur had terrible teeth. Could have used at least a dozen fillings and some inlays. Here is the assembly line. Repairers Re-pairers Moran and Boss continue their work on a screen which can be turned easily. L T- - ; a is: , ft ' e ' - , ' V- (r.Wl7 . . . Dr. Charles W. Gilmore, curator, examines the finished dinosaur. 7 he. framework is of steel. 1 cars of work are required re-quired to put this animal together in proper relation to all its parts. |