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CAKINAT^. 



in the form of a horseshoe, and the supraoccipital having a prominent 

 swelling above the foramen magnum. The ulna has not the deep 

 distal palmar trochlear depression of P. cautleyi, and is larger than 

 the corresponding hone of P. sivalensis. Femur long and slender. 

 Nab. Europe (Bavaria), 



The followinr/ specimens are from the Middle Miocene of Steinlieim, 

 and were purchased in 1877. 



48164 a. The imperfect hinder portion of the cranium. The occi- 

 {Fifj.) pital region is figured in woodcut fig. 10, B, and shows the 

 characteristic occipital fossa and the prominent swelling 

 above the foramen magnum — characters in which the 

 species resembles P. mitratus. This specimen accords 

 with the skull figured by Fraas in his ' Fauna von Stein- 

 heim,' pi. x. 



48164 a 1. The imperfect hinder region of the craninm. 



48164 a 2. A nearly similar specimen. 



Fig. 1<». 



Tclecanus fraau (A) and P. infcrmedius (B). — Occipital aspect of the cranium ; 

 from the Miocene of Bavaria. |. a, occipital condylo (broken off in B) ; 

 h, surface for attachment of muscle. 



48164 a 3. The imperfect hinder part of a rather smaller cranium, 

 probably referable to a female. The characteristic features 

 of the occipital region are weU shown. 



48164 a 4. Part of the occipito-parietal region of a larger cranium. 



48164 a 5. The imperfect hinder portion of the cranium, showing a 

 natural cast of parts of the brain. 



