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44066-8 a. Three portions of the vertehral column ; from the 

 Pleistocene of the Porcupine River. 



Presented by Rev. Robert McDonald, 1873. 



Bison latifrons (Karlan '). 

 Syn. Bos latifrons, Harlan 2 . 



This species appears to he very closely related to Bison americamts, 

 but is of larger size, with relatively stouter horn-cores, which are 

 less inclined backwards. It is referred to the present genus by 

 Leidy in the ' Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad.' vol. vi. p. 117 (1852, volume 

 dated 1854). 



Hob. North America. 



20706. The calvarium and horn-cores ; from the Pleistocene of the 

 (Fig.) Brazos River, near San Felipe d' Austin, Texas. This 

 specimen is described and figured by W. M. Carpenter in 

 the ' Amer. Journ.' ser. 2, vol. i. p. 245, fig. 1 (1846) ; 

 and is noticed in 'Falconer's Palaeontologies! Memoirs,' 

 vol. ii. p. 223. Purchased, 1847. 



40847. Fragment of the right ramus of a mandible, probably be- 

 longing to the present species ; from the Pleistocene of 

 Big-Bone Lick, Kentucky, U. S. A. 



Presented by C. Falconer, Esq., 1867. 



Genus BUBALUS, Hamilton-Smith 3 . 



Including : Anoa, Hamilton-Smith 4 . 

 Probubalus, Riitimeyer 5 . 

 Hemibos, Falconer and Oautley 6 . 

 Amphibos, Falconer and Cautley 7 . 

 Peribos, Lydekker 8 . 



The writer follows Flower in including Anoa in the present 

 genus. The genus Probubalus was formed by Riitimeyer for the 

 reception of the latter and the two extinct species here named 



1 ' Fauna Americana,' p. 273 (1825), Bos. 2 Loc. tit. 



3 In Griffith's ' Animal Kingdom,' vol. v. p. 371 (1827). As a subgenus. 



4 Loc. tit. p. 293. 



5 Denkschr. schw. Oes. Nat. vol. xxii. art. 3, p. 52 (1867). 



6 In ' Falconer's Palaeontological Memoirs,' vol. i. p. 54(5 (1868). 



7 Ibid. p. 547. 



8 Palaeontologia Indies (Mem. Geol. Surv. Ind.), ser. 10, vol. i. p. 141 (1878). 



