HINTS FOR RECORDING LENGTH OF ANIMALS 515 



HINTS FOR RECORDING THE LENGTH OF ANIMALS IN THE FIELD. 



As the body lies on the ground, and where circumstances permit, 

 proceed as follows : 



Length. Pull the nose and the tail so as to get them as nearly as 

 possible in a straight line. Fix it with four pegs ; one at the end of 

 nose, one at end of tail, one at root of tail, and the fourth at the nape 

 of neck behind ears. 



Height at shoulder. Put the leg or paw in a standing position and 

 place a peg at top of withers and measure carefully standing height (a) 

 with extended paw, () with spread paw, as well as length of fore and 

 hind legs from pegs at the stomach-line. 



The entries in the game-book should be as follows : 



A to F. Straight length from nose to 



tip of tail. 

 A to E. Length along curve to root of 



tail. 



E to F. Length of tail. 

 A to B. Length of head to nape of neck. 

 N. Girth, upper arm. 

 M. fore-arm. 

 O. of body. 



P. Girth of head. 

 D to G. Height at hind-quarters. 

 C to L. shoulder. 



K to L. Length of fore-leg. 

 H to G. hind-leg. 

 Weight, cleaned. 



not cleaned. 



Cleaned skull (length, breadth, height, 

 weight). 



In addition to these measurements, the sex, estimated age, locality, 

 and condition of the animal, with any other features of interest, such 

 as colour of the eyes and skin, length of the hoofs, condition of teeth, 

 etc., should be recorded. 



Tiger shot by Lieut. -Col. H. G. C. Swayne in the Central Provinces. 



