Several air-tight zinc-lined collecting boxes, fitted with light wooden trays. These are made by Messrs. Lovelace and Co., 20 Gloucester Road, S.W., and will be found extremely serviceable for packing, storing, and transmitting skins of smaller mammals and birds. When starting they can be packed full of stores. Uniform cases may be substituted, but, unless protected by wooden travelling-covers, are liable to get damaged and to admit insects. A set of carpenter’s tools; screws and French nails of various sizes. A set of soldering irons and soft solder, etc. _For skinning large Mammals_*— 2 shoemakers’ knives.† 3 large scalpels. 1 small saw.† 1 pair cutting-pincers.† 1 pair pliers.† _For skinning small Mammals and Birds_*— Taxidermist’s box containing: 6 scalpels.† 1 oil-stone.† 2 pairs of scissors (one short-bladed, one dissecting).† 2 pairs of tow-pliers (like curling-irons, for inserting tow or cotton-wool into the necks of bird-skins).† 1 pair of forceps.† 1 pair of tweezers.† 1 pair cutting-pliers.† 1 pair compasses.† 1 2-foot rule marked in tenths of an inch.† 1 millimetre rule. 3 darning needles.† Needles and thread. 1 tin of mixed pins. Bundles of galvanized wire (for inserting in tails of small mammals and in necks of bird-skins). 3 hog-hair brushes for applying arsenical soap. 2 egg-drills (two sizes).† 2 blow-pipes (two sizes).† 2 pencils. 1 small biscuit tin of fine boxwood sawdust. 1 2-lb. tin of candle naphthaline. 1 2-lb. tin crystal. 1 2-lb. tin plaster of Paris. 3 1-lb. tins of arsenical soap (in treacle tins), or the same weight of powdered arsenic. 1 2-lb. tin burnt alum. 1000 labels for bird-skins. 500 labels for small mammals. 2 bundles of wool. Tow (which can be used as packing). 6 pieces of fine mesh wire-netting (for making cages, etc.). * All the articles mentioned in this list can be best procured from Mr. S. J. Beckett, 39 Dresden Road, Highgate, N. Apply, in first place, by letter. † Those marked with a cross (†) can be obtained from Messrs. Buck, 242 Tottenham Court Road, W.C. _For preserving Reptiles, Batrachians, and Fish_— These should be preserved in spirits whenever practicable. _For larger specimens_— 2 or 4 four-sided copper tanks with a round opening of six inches diameter, closed with a screw cover. Each tank is fitted into a strong wooden case with a lid secured by hinges and lock, and furnished on two opposite sides with a rope handle. _For smaller specimens liable to be damaged_— 2 or 4 wooden cases divided into four or six compartments, each containing a pickle jar, with glass rubber-edged stopper secured by an adjustable iron fastening. 3 dozen or more corked glass tubes of various sizes.