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greater length of beam before bifurcation and the nearly equal 

 size of the two branches above this division in Sir R. Owen's 

 figure 14tf, are unlike these parts in C. suit onen sis. 



Cervulus dicranoceros is only known in Britain from the Nodule- 

 bed of the Red Crag. Sir R. Owen's specimen was from near 

 Sutton, and there are two examples of this form in the British 

 Museum (M. 1617) from Felixstow. Other specimens from the 

 same horizon, preserved in the Museum of Practical Geology, at 

 Ipswich and elsewhere, having the bifurcation some distance from 

 the burr and the two branches sub-equal in size, are also taken 

 to represent the species in the Red Crag. Messrs. R. and 

 A. Bell include C. dicranoceros in the Coralline Crag list, but I 

 have been unable to verify their record. Kaup's type specimens 

 were from the Miocene of Eppelsheim, and from no other locality 

 on the continent of Europe does this species seem to have been 

 recognised. 



Genus CERVUS, Linnaeus. 



Cervine remains are of frequent occurrence in Pliocene strata, 

 and the Forest-bed is especially rich in antlers, unfortunately 

 more or less broken, which have formed the basis for the establish- 

 ment of numerous species. 



The cervine teeth from the Red Crag (Plate III., fig?. 8, 9) are 

 often beautifully preserved,' and several jaws have been found in 

 the Forest-bed ; but these, as well as the bones of the skeleton 

 which have been discovered, cannot at present, be correlated with 

 the antlers, and are therefore simply referred to the genus Cervus. 



ARDEUS, CROIZET <$C JOBERT. 

 PLATE IV., FIG. 6. 



Prof. Prestwich (Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., Vol. XXVII., p. 456, 

 1871) includes Cervus ardeus in the list of Mammals from the 

 Norwich Crag of Thorpe, in Mr. Fitch's collection, and on this 

 authority it has been quoted by other writers (Woodward, Mem. 

 Geol. Sur., Geology of Norwich, p. 55, and R. and A. Bell, Proc. 

 Geol. Assoc., Vol. II., p. 212, 1872). Although I have been 

 unable to find this specimen in Mr. Fitch's collection, I am able to 

 corroborate its occurrence at this horizon by a specimen from the 

 same Crag Pit, presented to the Museum of Practical Geology by 

 Dr. Arthur King, which agrees closely with the figure of the 

 antler of this species given by MM. Croizet and Jobert (Ossem. 

 Foss., Puy de Dome, PL i., fig. 1, and Plate ii., fig. 2, of the second 

 series of plates of Cervidas. See also Depe'ret, Bull. Soc. Geol, 

 France, Ser. 3, Vol. XII., p. 225.) This specimen is a left frontal 

 with the basal portion of an antler. A part of the frontal suture 



