122 Life of Lower Lake Region. 



Dr. Leicly describes the fossils of this 

 beautiful Musk deer from the "Bad Lands" of 

 Dakota. 



FELIDAE. 



On Plate XX is found a. fine head of a 

 cat that represents an animal about the size 

 of an Oregon cougar, only the skull is a lit- 

 tle narrower and the teeth longer and more 

 slender. This head was found on the North 

 Fork of the John Day river, and represents an 

 animal that was common in the days of this 

 old lake. 



Fragments of bones and separated teeth 

 of many sizes, but all of the cat type, were 

 gathered years ago in the lower beds of the 

 John Day. A few of these are remembered as 

 indicating cats as large as the largest lions of 

 to-day. One such was lent to Yale University 

 years ago, that has never found its way back. 



CANIDAE. 



The dog type of this Miocene period was 

 represented in several species, one of which 

 is figured on Plate XVIII by the fragment 



