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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
DIVISION OF ECONOMIC ORNITHOLOGY AND MAMMALOGY. 
Circular No. 11. 
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BRIEF DIRECTIONS I 
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MEASUREMENT 0F^s4'^tt^f MAMMALS 
AND THE 
PREPARATIOxN OF MUSEUM SKINS. 
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By Dr. C. Hart Merriam, 
CHIKK ok UlVl.-^lON- OF OKMTIIOI.OOV AN'I) MAM.VtAI.OOT, 
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WASHINGTON": 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 
1889. 
