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Genus ALCES, Hamilton-Smith 1 . 



%Llte& macpS, Ogilby 2 . 

 Syn. Cervus alces, Linn. 3 

 Hob. Northern Europe, Asia, and America. 



15599. The greater part of the right ramus of the mandible, with 

 the last five cheek-teeth ; from a Pleistocene (?) deposit in 

 North America. Purchased, 1843. 



41414, 41478. The associated right humerus, radius, and ulna, and 

 the left rnetacarpal ; from the turbary of Walthamstow. 

 These bones are referred to the present species on the 

 authority of Owen, by whom they are noticed in the Geol. 

 Mag. dec. 1, vol. vi. p. 389 (1869). Purchased, 1869. 



7912. A left calcaneum, provisionally referred to this species ; from 

 the Pleistocene of Big-Bone Lick, Kentucky, U.S.A. 



Mantell Collection. Purchased, 1836. 



Alces latifrons (Johnson 4 ). 



Syn. Cervus latifrons, Johnson 5 . 

 Cervus bovoides, Gunn, MS. 



Hob. England. 



The antlers, according to Boyd-Dawkins, are less palmated than 

 in the Elk. 



46111. The base of an antler ; dredged on the Dogger Bank. 



Oivles Collection. Purchased, 1874. 



33471. The base of a smaller antler ; dredged off Happisburgh, 

 Norfolk. Layton Collection. Purchased, 1858. 



46108. The calvarium of a young individual, provisionally referred 

 to this species ; dredged on the Dogger Bank. 



Owles Collection. Purchased, 1874. 



1 In Griffith's ' Animal Kingdom,' vol. v. p. 303 (1827). 



2 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1836, p. 135. 



3 Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, vol. i. p. 92 (1766). 



4 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xiii. p. 2 (1874), Cervus. 



5 Loc.cit. 



