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the olfactory chamber extends backwards both above and below the rhinencephalic fossa : 

 the upper part of the chamber is divided into two sinuses on each side : the superior tur- 

 binals extend into the anterior sinus, and below into the presphenoidal sinus. The consti- 

 tuent bones are numbered on coloured labels according to the TABLE OF SYNONYMS. 



Hunterian. 



4484. The skull of an Asiatic, or maneless Lion (Felis Leo). 



It agrees with that of the African variety in the specific prolongation of the obtuse point 

 of the nasal process of the maxillary ; and differs from that variety only by the division of the 

 left suborbital foramen. 



From the north of Guzerat, Bombay. 



Presented by Dr. Henderson. 



4485. The skull of an Asiatic, or maneless Lion (Felis Leo). 



Both suborbital foramina are divided into two. In all the foregoing skulls of both varie- 

 ties of the Lion, the interorbital platform of the frontals is concave or flat between the bent- 

 down postorbital processes. 



From near Assund, Bombay. 



Presented by Colonel Finch. 



The following, to No. 4504 inclusive, are parts of the same skeleton of a Lion (Felis Leo) : 



Hunterian. 



44S6. A section of the left maxillary, with the three premolars (p 2, p 3, jo 4) and 

 the tubercular molar (m 1). The last premolar (p 4) is called, from its shape, 

 the ' carnassial,' or sectorial tooth : the penultimate one (p 3) had not fully 

 come into place. 



44>7. The left carnassial (m 1) of the lower jaw. 



4488. The atlas. 4489. The dentata. 



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4490. The sixth cervical vertebra. 4491. Two anterior dorsal vertebrae. 



4492. Three posterior dorsal vertebrae. 4493. A lumbar vertebra. 

 4494. The sacrum. 4495. A thoracic rib. 



4496. The right scapula. 4497. The right hurnerus. 



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