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TABLE VII. 



Measurements of Metacaepal Bones. 



t 



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Extreme length 



Transverse diameter of proximal end 

 '* " " distal end . . . 



Least diameter of shaft 



" circumference of shaft , . . 



1 



2 



3 



4 



223 



207 



' 1 



213 



218 



82 



83 



75 



88 



84 



84 



82 



76 



56 



52 



47 



52 



153, 



1 

 1 



146 



130 



134 



194 

 66 

 59 



30 



87 



6 



230 



87 



77 



48 



135 



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Explanation of Tabie VII- 



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,. Bison antiquus. Yukon Eiver, Alaska. (No. 6573 of the National Museum Kegister, J. Lockhart, 



collector-) 



2. Bison americanus. Yery large old male, — the largest specimen I have ever met with. (No. 12,233 



National Museum Eegister.) 



3. Bison americanus. Very large old male. (Mus. Comp. Zool, No. 10.) 



4. Bison honasus. Large old male. (Mus. Comp. Zool., No. 165.) 



5. Bison americanus. Adult female. (Mus. Comp. Zool., No. 12.) 



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6. Laro-e Domestic Bull, "Baron of Oxford." 



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TABLE VIII. 



Measurements of METACARrALS of Bison Americanus from Big-bone Lick, Kentucky. 



« 



Extreme length . .* 



Transverse diameter of proximal end 

 *' » " distal end . . 



Least diameter of shaft 



*' circumference of shaft . 



174 

 60 

 58 

 35 

 93 



188 

 50 



. 52 

 30 

 85 



3 



193 

 62 

 63 

 35 

 98 



184 

 61 

 61 

 37 



104 



5 



6 



7 



198 



183 



192 



61 



67 



75 



62 



69 



73 



39 



45 



48 



110 



120 



128 



8 



203 

 69 

 70 

 45 



116 



9 



213 

 74 

 73 

 45 



123 



Explanation of Table VIII. 



1. No. 2463. Full-grown female. 



2. " 2475. Young female. 



3. « 2470. Adult female. 



4. "2476. Adult female. 



5. " 2466. Adult female. 



6. No. 2489. Adult male. 



7. " 2459. Adult male 



8. " 2488. Adult male. 



9. '' 2467. Adult male. 



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