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PLATE XI. 
CRANIA OF CERVUS (MEGACEROS) HIBERNICUS, 
In tHe Science anp Arr Museum, Dusuin. 
Ficure I. 
Front of cranium and antlers, from Lough Gur, Co. Limerick. Right antler abnormally bifurcated. 
(See p. 838.) The right frontal tine was formerly present, as is proved by a scar, which is not dis- 
tinetly represented in the figure. 
Ficure II. 
Back view of cranium and antlers, from{'Limerick. Right antler with only rudimentary expansion of 
beam into palm. In almost all cases the left antler is larger than the right ; in this one it is very 
notably so. 
Ficure III. 
Front view of cranium and antlers, from Rathcannon, Co. Limerick. This remarkably fine head 
belongs to the complete skeleton which was presented to the Royal Dublin Society by Archdeacon 
Maunsell in the year 1824. Out of fifty, it is still the finest in the Museum; but owing to the 
peculiar form of the double-pointed swr-antlers, which spring from the beam, it cannot be regarded 
as typical, being indeed in this respect almost unique. 
