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(ix) Hind leg: circumference, depth, and thickness at three points: (A) at 
stifle joint (across kneecap or patella); (B) at middle of leg; (C) at hock 
or gambrel joint, 
(x) Distance from head of humerus to anterior angle of hip or pelvic bone 
(form 5 to 7 on chart). 
(xi) Distance from head of humerus to angle of throat (from 5 to 6 on chart). 
(xii) Distance between anterior and posterior angles of hip bones (from 7 to 
8 on chart). 
(xiii) Thickness of body across pelvis (at points 7 and 8). 
The collector will save time in the field, where time is usually pressing, 
by having in his notebook a copy of a diagrammatic drawing of a large 
mammal, showing the desired measurements, and by setting down the 
l.Len gth. /ro m tip of nose to tip of to if in straight tine — 
IT. Tail, from base to tip of last bone = 
4* HZ. It in ct foot, fro m tip of hoc k to tip of hoof 
Or heel to end ofc/a w extended — 
Root of ' 
tail 1 / 
C- circumference. 
D- depth from top (o bottom 
or from front to rear \ 
T* thicmess from one J 1 
side to the other m 
Figure 22. Measurements of a large mammal for mounting. 
figures on the diagram as they are taken from the body with the tapeline. 
Even if the collector does not have such a list of measurements, and has 
to depend upon memory or reason, he is strongly urged to make a rough 
outline sketch of the animal he is measuring, and to set down the figures 
thereon, so that the notes wfill be sure to make clear to himself and the 
taxidermist, later on, what the field measurements really meant. 
