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17131 a. Two proximal phalangeals of the hind foot ; from the 

 Pliocene of the Siwalik Hills. These bones are almost 

 indistinguishable from the corresponding bone of Giraffa 

 camelopardalis. Cautley Collection. Presented, 1842. 



17131 b. A proximal phalangeal, closely resembling the preceding 

 specimens ; from the Pliocene of the Siwalik Hills. 



Caufley Collection. Presented, 1842. 



39746. The posterior moiety of the third cervical vertebra of a 

 (Fig.) full-sized individual ; from the Pliocene of the Siwalik 



Hills. Figured by Falconer and Cautley, op. cit. (un- 

 published) pi. E. fig. 11 (as first cervical). 



Cautley Collection. Presented, 1842. 



39747. The (probably) fifth cervical vertebra of a very small indi- 

 (Fiy.) vidual; from the Pliocene of the Siwalik Hills. This 



specimen, which is the type, is figured in the Proc. Geol. 

 Soc. vol. iv. pi. iii. ; in ' Falconer's Palaeontological 

 Memoirs,' vol. i. pi. xvi. figs. 1-4 ; and in plate E. fig. 1 of 

 the ' Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis ' (as third cervical). 



Cautley Collection. Presented, 1842. 



39748. The posterior part of a much-battered fourth (?) cervical 

 ( Fig.) vertebra, intermediate in size between the two preceding 



specimens ; from the Siwaliks of Perim Island, Gulf of 

 Cambay. This specimen is figured by Falconer in the 

 Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. i. pi. xiv. fig. 5, and by Fal- 

 coner and Cautley in (unpublished) plate E. fig. 2 of the 

 ' Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis.' 



Cautley Collection. Presented, 1842. 



Family CERVID.E. 



Dentition. In living species of existing genera : 1. |, C. ^y^, 

 Pm. |, M. |. In the extinct genus AmpJiitragulus, pm. 1 is present. 



There is very considerable difficulty in referring all the fossil 

 species of this family to their proper genera. In the case of the 

 living genera, those species whose affinities cannot be precisely deter- 

 mined are provisionally referred to the genus Cervus, which is taken 

 to include the majority of the existing Deer of the Old World. The 

 fossil Deer allied to the existing Muntjac (Cervulus) apparently indi- 

 cate a complete transition to the genus Palceomeryx, in which, from 

 the simple structure of its molars, is included the species termed by 

 Hensel Prox furcatus, which may probably be regarded as an ances- 



