36 TAXIDERMY AND ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTING. 



upon the belly, with all the members resting 1 clown upon the 

 bottom of the drawer. 



With specimens having long tails this arrangement is open 

 to one objection. In the rough-and-tumble experiences that 

 collections made in the field almost inevitably go through be- 

 fore they reach safe anchorage in the museum, a long tail stick- 

 ing straight out for its full length is very liable to suffer dam- 

 age in various ways, especially at the tip. For this reason I 

 always bend the tail down and lay it along on the belly, with a 

 stitch or two to hold it there, safe from harm (Fig. 5). And 

 with such animals as monkeys, sloths, cats, etc., having long 

 and slender forelegs, I always place those members close along- 

 side the body, instead of extending them their full length to- 

 ward the front. 



STEEL COMBS. For dressing the hair of an animal it pays to 

 have a furrier's fine steel comb, and a coarser comb of German 

 silver, such as can be obtained at seventy-five and fifty cents 

 each, respectively, of J. Euszits, No. 73 Mercer Street, New York. 

 The same furrier also furnishes a very large steel robe-comb 

 (like an infant garden rake), which is very useful on large mam- 

 mals having long, matted hair, such as buffaloes, camels,- llamas, 

 and the like. 



