NO. 1172. 



THE FOSSIL BISON OF NOnTTT AMEUrCA—LUCAS. 



769 



WitIiliU',()O('l»0(s Ulvor, I'Morida. Piirt. of <'riiiiiiim. 



BniiiHwick, Djirioii (Jouiity, (J('orj;iii. Tec(Ji. 



Niitc-lKi/, MisHisHippi. TooXli. 



Asliloy liivcr, South (Jiirolina. Tcotli. 



Bij; lioiic liic-U, Kontiicky. (hiiiiiiim. 



BriiHli Civok, Brown Count-y, Oliio. Horn cores. 



Hjiii I<\'li|)(', Tt^xiis. (/riiiiiiiMi. 



Wy liir tlui liiicst tixiiinplo ol" this spucios is tlint pr<'S(U'v<i<l in th(i<;ol- 

 Irctioii of Mu^ Cincinnati Society of Natural History and noted above 

 !is haviiit;' Ikmmi found iit Brush (lic^ek. 1 am iiid(^hted to Dr. FjiiMhihl 

 lor tlui pho(,oyi;i|>hs IVoin which IMiite liXXXIl was niinh^ 



/>. lati/rons (5. Fischer' is based on a fairly complete cranium IVoin 

 liii Daoiirici, Siberia, but it is impossible to gather miH'ii idtsi of the 

 sptM-iiiMMi, (Mtluu- iVom the <l<'scripti<m uv plate, tiu^ more I hat tint latlor 

 shows only the i)r()ximal ])orti(»n of the horns. l<'rom thedes<M'iption one 

 infers that they stand out at ri^iit iinj^les to tlu) skull, as h'ischer says 

 (p.S-): 



liOM coi'iicH oomiMonnimt |i!ii° iitin lifrnn droito, <|iii, 8onBil)]()iiw)iit alon^i^o duiiH c.orto 

 0H|)r('(i, H<t (lii'i;;'<i nil |ioii (Ml niiii'iT. liii. coiirbiirr ii't^Ht HiMisihlo nu'X Iti puinlo. 



Tiie following;" lucasureimuits ar(^ j^iviui in I»'rcnch I'etst and inclu^s: 



l''(i(il.. I ncliiiH. 



I'rom occ.iitiliil crciHt/ to biiHo ol" iiiihiiIh 1 ,"y 



Will III l»oLw«)«ii roots of liorim U ii^ 



VVidUi liotwoon outer part ol' orhitH 1 ^^^ 



Of a specimen from Voljjfada, Fiscjhor says, "I'envergiire a, on y <',on- 

 seivant le i)eu de C(uirbure, iV 2" de l<'rance." 



h'rom this description, as well as from tln^ meauSiircMncMits {^iven, this 

 Siberian species would seem to resend)h> limut anIuiuuH moni nearly 

 than any other. 



MeaHiiiumantH of horn coren <if nimm lalifronn. 



■Iiicoiiiiiloto; baHul porlion of horn coro idono prenitiit. 



'EHtlllllltuil. 



Fr may be said, in conclusion, that owin^ to various circumstances th(^ 

 writing of this paper has (extended over two years, ami that it was not 

 jmblished until six months aft(!r comphition, so that it can not be claimed 

 to hav(i been prepared with undue haste. The (juestion of individual 



' HiillnUn do la 8ooi<^t<^ Impc^iialo d<w NatnraliHloH do Mohcoii, .Srcomlo Aiimd, Ih:{(), 

 pp. Hl-Ht, pi. II. 



I'roc. N. M. vol. .\xi 1» 



