218 ANIMAL RESOURCES AND FISHERIES OF UNITED STATES. 



Haar and ba^istBes wsed for brnshes. 



Hair of squirrel, especially the tail, used iu making fine artists' 

 pencils. 



29322. "Camel's-liair" varnisli or copying brush. English style. Milea 



Brothers & Co., New York. 

 29322. "Camel's-hair" gilders' brush. Miles Brothers «& Co., New York. 

 29324-5. "Camcl's-hair" lacquering brush. '' " 



29326. "Camel's-hair" pencil, quill handles. " " 

 29353. Series of scrolling and ornamenting brushes. " " 



These brushes are made chicliy from the tail of the gray squiiTel 

 (Sciurus caroUnensis), and arc known to the trade as " camel's-hair" 

 brushes. 



Bristles of bog and peccary used in making coarse brushes for var- 

 nishing, scrubbing, «&c. 



26020. Series of bristles (black). B Nos. 1-12. WilHam Wilkens & Co., 



Baltimore. 



26021. " " " (white). B Nos. 1-13. 



26026. " " " (yellow). B Nos. 1-12. 



26027. " " " (red). B Nos. ^11. 



26028. " " " (black). D B Nos. i-12. 



26022. " " " (black). ("Casings") Nos. 1-12. 



26023. " " " (natural black). ("Casings") Nos. 1-11. William 

 Wilkens & Co. 



26024. Series of bristles (white). (" Casings") Nos. 1-12. William Wilkens 



[&Co. 



26025. " " " (white). Medium stiflF, Nos. 1-12. " 



26029. " " " (union). William Wilkens & Co. 



26030. " " " (blue). " 



26031. ** " " (unbleached). " 

 Brushes made from bristles : 



29327. Flat copying-brush. No. 1. Miles Brothers & Co. 



29328. " " " No. 3J. " 



29329. " " " No. 2. " 



29330. " " "No. 2i. " 



29331. " " " No. 3. • " 



29332. Round paint-brush, No. A i " 



Sheep's wool (on skin) used for blackboard-rubbers.^ 



Hair of deer and antelope (on skin) used by Indians for hair-brushes.' 



Deer-hair brushes. 



Brushes made from white hair in tail of deer {Cariacus macroiia 

 and C. v'lrfjinianus): 



29354. Flat brush. 1 inch Miles Brothers &. Co. 



29355. " U " " 



29356. " 2 " " 



29357. Round brush. " 



1 See exhibit in Educational Bureau. 



2 See Ethnological series. 



