U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
DIVISION OF ECONOMIC ORNITHOLOGY AND MAMMALOGY. 
Circular No. 11. 
BRIEF DIRECTIONS 
FOR THE 
MEASUREMENT OF SMALL MAMMALS 
AND THE 
PREPARATION^ OF MUSEUM SKINS. 
By Dr. C, Hart Merriam, 
Chief of Division of Oknithology and Mammalogy. 
WASHINGTOI^T: 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 
1889. 
