218 ANIMAL RESOURCES AND FISHERIES OF UNITED STATES. 



Hair and bristlles used for brwshes. 



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

 pencils. 



29322. "Camcil's-liair" varnisli or copying brusli. English style. Miles 



Brothers & Co., New York. 

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

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



29326. "Camol's-hair" peucil, quill handles. " " 

 29353. Series of scrolling and ornamenting brushes. '* " 



These brushes are made chiefly from the tail of the gray squirrel 

 (Sciurus caroUncnsis), and are knoAvn to the trade as "camel's-hair" 

 brushes. 



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

 nishing, scrubbing, &c. 



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



Baltimore. 



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

 28026. " " " (yellow). B Nos. 1-12. " " 



26027. " " " (red). B Nos. i-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 stiff, 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. 3*. " 



29329. " " " No. 2. " 



29330. " " " No. 2i. " 



29331. " " " No. 3. " 



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



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 ( Cariacits macroiis 

 and C. virginianus): 



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



29355. " H " " 



29356. " 2 " " 



29357. Round brush. " 



' See exhibit in Educational Bureau. 

 2 See Ethnological series. 



