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3579. A pair of antlers of a young Red Deer (Cerous Elaphus). 



They have each a long brow-branch : the beam of one is bifurcate, in the other it is simple. 

 These antlers have been broken off the cranium, not shed. 



Hunterian. 



The following bones, to No. 3584 inclusive, are of the Red Deer (Cervus Elaphus) : 



Presented by the St. Hon. the Earl of Selkirk. 



3580. The atlas. 3581. A lumbar vertebra. 



3582. The coalesced metacarpals, or cannon-bone of the fore-foot. 



3583. The left tibia. 



3584. The coalesced metatarsals, or cannon-bone of the hind-foot. 



3585. The skull and antlers of the Wapiti-deer (Cervus canadensis). 



The canines are well-developed in the upper jaw. 



Purchased. 



3586. The antlers of the Wapiti-deer (Cervus canadensis). Mus. Leverian. 



3587. The shed antlers of the Wapiti-deer (Cervus canadensis). 



Presented by the Zoological Society of London. 



Subgenus Hippclaphus. 



3588. The skull and antlers of a Rusa-deer, or Water Stag (Cervus equinus). 



The accessory column at the inner interspace of the two lobes of the upper true molars 

 presents a triradiate form of the grinding surface, and consists of dentine with a complete in- 

 vestment of enamel. The antlers are supported upon pedicles upwards of an inch in length, 

 and bifurcate between two and three inches above the burr. The posterior fork or continua- 

 tion of the beam sends off a short snag from its back part before it diminishes to a point. 

 The lacrymals are deeply impressed by the large antorbital cutaneous fossse, and communi- 

 cate by numerous perforations at the bottom of the fossae with the nasal cavities. 



This specimen is from Sumatra, and was probably transmitted to Mr. Hunter by his former 

 assistant, Mr. William Bell. 



Hunterian. 



