GENERAL NOTES i49 



9. Nose to tip of tail, height at shouldet, nose to root 

 of tail, length of tail, girth of hody.-l^xox^, tiger, bears, 

 leopards, pumas, lynxes, foxes, hyaenas, etc. 



And now for the way in which these measurements 

 have to be taken : first we have the front curve (i) ; this 

 is taken on the front of the horn, and it makes no 

 difference whether the curve is back, like the ibex, 

 or forward, like the waterbuck, or forward and then 

 back, like the hartebeest. The tape is placed on the 

 front of the horn and the measurement taken from its 

 base to the tip, just laying and holding the tape down 

 on the surface of the horn and not pressing it into the 

 corrugations. Now take the circumference round the 

 thickest part near the base, and the distance between 

 the tips of the horns. 



With sheep the tape is laid on the flat top surface 

 (front curve), and the curve followed right over and 

 round to the tip : it will also be found that the distance 

 between the tips cannot be taken with all the species. 

 In the case of the Spanish ibex the front curve 

 measurement appears mixed, but the start is made 

 on the front flat face, and this is followed right to 

 the tip ; thus the last part of the measurement is on 

 the outside, and in some specimens underneath, at the 



extreme tip. 



With chamois, some measure the spread also, i.e., 

 the distance between two uprights placed against the 

 outside of the horns and parallel to each other. The 



