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 The wash blood away with warm water. Then dry again in the sun. Then boil brain in water and break it up, rather thin solution, thin enough to pour, and wash skin inside with solution when hair on, when cured without hair, use it on outside too. Then hand in sun to dry and leave it out in air for two nights and days, "soak" in air. Then to make soft, put in cold water again and soak, then fasten one end to stick or tree and twist from other end to squeeze water out. Then hang in sun and begin to work by pulling back and forth from all sides until dry to soften, whether hair on or not. Without hair takes one day to soften, with hair takes 2 days. Keep on working until soft. Long crested jay – do not note that crest is lowered for flying. Chestnut backed bluebird – found in mts., not in canyon. Correct. Red shafted flicker – picks into wood for "worms" to eat, and makes hole for nest, but not observed on ground or eating ants. Recognize picture of junco as winter bird. Red wing blackbird – down Rio Grande, build nests in grass that grows in water, Distinguish females color. Eaten by Indians Yellow head blackbird – In Rio Grande valley only in winter, same places as redwing. Eaten by Indians.