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The bony rudiments of lateral toes, present in nearly all deer 

 but absent in all antelopes, are still preserved in Merycodus, 

 but exceedingly minute, much smaller than in the deer. The 

 animal was of about the size of the Dorcas Gazelle. 



Matthew, W. D., A Complete Mounted Skeleton of Merycodus, Bull. 



Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XX, 1904, pp. — . 

 See also Scott, W. B., Bull. Mus. Comp. Z06I., XX, 1890, p. 82 {Cosoryx 



furcatus) . 



IV. — Photographs of Restorations, by Charles Knight. 



Presented by J. Pierpont Morgan, and exhibited in the Depart- 

 ment of Vertebrate PalcBontology. Bromide enlargements 

 from the original negatives. Size, 18 in. x 22 in. 



These photographs are from a series of large water colors 

 executed for the American Museum by the animal painter, 

 Mr. Charles Knight, under direction of Prof. Osborn, with 

 suggestions and criticisms by other palaeontologists, the object 

 being to increase the popular interest in these extinct animals, 

 and to give a fuller and truer idea of their anatomy and 

 external form than is afforded by the skeleton. 



The artist begins each study by preparing a number of 

 models in wax, based upon the actual proportions and muscu- 

 lar indications of the skeleton, and by a series of preliminary 

 sketches, representing different attitudes, habits, and sur- 

 roundings. Thus the position of all the joints and angles of 

 the feet and limbs is true to life. The lips, nostrils, and gape 

 of the mouth are determined by comparison of the length of 

 the nasals, size of the anterior nares, character and position 

 of the teeth, with similar parts in the remotely related living 

 forms. The eyes are carefully located and proportioned. Up to 

 this point the animal is a fairly correct representation of the 

 original. On the other hand, the shape of the ears, the color 

 and epidermic characters of hair and hide are largely imagina- 

 tive, except in so far as they are suggested by relationship 



