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3504. Two skulls of the American Elk (Aloes, var. americana}. 



The history of these skulls, according to a memorandum left by Mr. Hunter, is as fol- 

 lows : " They are from North Carolina ; and the animals to which they belonged were 

 two large males, which, in the season when sexual excitement is strong, becoming pugnacious, 

 were engaged in fighting, and their horns, as usual, employed as weapons of offence : these, 

 by violent contact, became so firmly locked within each other, by means of their points or 

 snags, that the animals were incapable of liberating themselves ; and in this state they were 

 discovered, starved to death." 



Hunterian. 



3505. The facial part of the skull, with the lower jaw, of an Elk (Alces, var. 

 americana). 



The accessory tubercle at the inner interspace of the two lobes of the upper molar teeth 

 is short and simple. The chief peculiarity of this portion of the skull is seen in the great 

 length of the premaxillaries and of the edentulous portion of the maxillaries, and in the short- 

 ness and breadth of the nasal bones. The vomer is carinate beneath. 



Hunterian. 



3506. A pair of antlers of an American Elk (Alces, var. americana}. Hunterian. 



3507. A pair of antlers of an American Elk (Alces, var. americana}. 



These antlers present an unusual appearance from being duplex in the palm. 



Hunterian. 



3508. An antler of an American Elk (Alces, var. americana}. 



Presented by Sir Everard Home, Bart., V.P.E.S. 



3509. The skeleton of a young male Elk (Alces Machlis, var. europaa}. 



The antlers are short, bifurcate, not having developed the broad palm. This is stated to 

 be a ' European Elk ' ; but there are no specific differences in the skeleton or teeth from the 

 American variety. 



Mug. Brookes. 



3510. A mutilated cranium and antlers of an European Elk (Alces, var. europcea}. 



Hunterian. 



3511. A pair of antlers of an European Elk (Alces, var. europcea}. Hunterian. 



