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Philosophical Society, from which specimen, the an- 

 nexed accurate drawing was made by M. Le Sueur, 

 was first described and figured in the annals of the 

 museum, by Cuvier, and subsequently in his great 

 work on Fossil Bones. The drawing renders any 

 detailed description unnecessary. The nucleus of 

 the horn, measures twenty-eight inches in circum- 

 ference. Though nothing but the fragment here 

 represented is preserved, there can be no doubt 

 but that the animal was of great size and belonged 

 to a species which is utterly extinct. The species 

 has been named " Catifrons." 



Dekay's Fossil Ox. 



We must refer the reader to the 2d vol. of the 

 Annals of the Lyceum of New York, for the full 

 description of the fragments of this skull, and the 

 comparisons instituted by Dr. Dekay to determine 

 the species. 



Dr. Dekay considers that none of the Genus 

 Bos, now to be found in this country, have crania 

 in the slightest degree resembling this specimen 

 It was thrown out at the eruption caused by an earth- 

 quake in 1812, which entirely destroyed the town 

 of New Madrid, on the Mississippi. 



Dr. Dekay proposes to designate the species of 

 Fossil crania to which he refers those of Pallas and 

 Ozeretskovsky, by the name of Bos Pallasii, and the 



