598 



3613. The skull and antlers of a young male Barking-deer (Cervus Muntjak). 



The cranium has heen transversely divided anterior to the coronal suture. 

 From the Himalayan mountains. 



Presented by Colonel Finch. 



3614. The skull of a young female Barking-deer (Cervus MuntjaK). 



From the Himalayan mountains. 



Presented by Colonel Finch. 



3615. A somewhat mutilated skull of a variety of the Barking-deer (Cervus Munt- 

 jaK), for which Professor De Blainville proposed the specific name of Cervus 

 moschatus. 



The antlers appear to have been in process of development, for the burr is not formed, nor 

 is the beam forked. The external ridge of the malar bone is thicker and more prominent 

 than in the continental species. In the upper jaw, although the true molars are in place, 

 the last having been recently acquired, the last two deciduous molars (d 3 & d 4) have not 

 been shed. 



From Sumatra. 



Hunterian. 



3616. The calvarium and antlers of a younger specimen of the same variety of Cer- 

 vus Muntjak. 



From Sumatra. 



Presented by Sir Stamford Raffles, P.Z.S. 



Genus Camelopardalis. 

 3617. The skeleton of a young male Nubian Giraffe (Camelopardalis Giraffd). 



The vertebral formula is: 7 cervical, 14 dorsal, 5 lumbar, 4 sacral, and 20 caudal. The 

 vertebral artery perforates the fore part of the neurapophysis of the atlas twice, vertically and 

 transversely : the atlas has a hypapophysis : this process in the dentata is a long thin ridge : 

 the upper and fore part of the transverse process is perforated by the vertebral artery in this 

 and the succeeding cervicals : a pair of exogenous processes is developed from the under and 

 fore part of the body in the third to the seventh cervical inclusive : the second to the sixth 

 are remarkable for their length. Seven pairs of ribs directly join the sternum, which con- 

 sists of six bones. The spine of the scapula forms a very low angle, and gradually subsides 

 as it approaches the neck of the scapula : the coracoid is a large tuberosity. The slender 

 shaft of the ulna is interrupted at its lower third, the distal end reappearing as a distinct part. 

 There are no rudiments of the spurious digits, or those answering to the second and fifth : the 

 cannon-bones are remarkable for their great length in both fore and hind limbs. The medul- 



