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auditorius. The base of the zygomatic process is pierced by a vertical venous canal. The 

 first premolar has been shed, and its socket obliterated in both jaws. 

 From Melville Island. 



Presented by Captain Sir Edward Parry, R.N. 



4371. The skull, vertically and longitudinally bisected, of a Wolf (Canis Lupus). 



Hunterian. 



4372. The upper and lower jaws of a Wolf (Canis Lupus). 



The teeth have been removed from the left side of both jaws, and are separately displayed ; 

 their symbols indicate their nature according to the TABLE OF SYNONYMS. 

 From Labrador. 



Hunterian. 



The following, to No. 4387 inclusive, are parts of the skeleton of a Wolf (Canis Lupus) : 



Hunterian. 



4373. The skull. 4374. The atlas. 



4375. The axis. 4376. A cervical vertebra. 



4377. A dorsal vertebra. 4378. A lumbar vertebra. 



4379. The sacrum. 4380. The ossa innominata. 



4381. The right scapula. 4382. The right humerus. 



4383. The right ulna. 4384. The right radius. 



4385. Two thoracic ribs. 4386. The right femur. 



4387. The right tibia and fibula. 



4388. The pelvis and last lumbar vertebra anchylosed thereto, of a Wolf (Canis 

 Lupus). Hunterian. 



4389. The skeleton of the Dingo, or Wild Dog of Australia (Canis Lingo). 



The vertebral formula agrees with that of the Wolf, and the differences in the boneg gene- 

 rally are merely those of size. 



Presented by Sir Everard Home, Bart., F.P.R.S. 



