BY P. W. PUTNAM. 91 



this fact, the teeth of the deer possessing a peculiar 

 process which the teeth of no other animal have. This 

 specimen I have retained, until I hear from a friend who 

 is familiar with the history of our native deer. From 

 its great size I think that it may belong to the moose, 

 being somewhat larger than any tooth of the upper jaw of 

 the elk or wapiti now in the cabinets of the Boston Nat- 

 ural History Society. That collection does not possess 

 the lower jaw of the wapiti so that the corresponding tooth 

 could not be compared with this. The other bones, five 

 in number, compose some portion of the lower extremities 

 of the right and left legs. They are : 3 



n 1. Fragment of the lower extremity of the tibia (right 

 leg). The epiphysis is separated from the shaft of the 

 bone, ossification not being complete. 



"2. Astragalus. 



"3. Os calcis. The posterior extremity broken off. 



" 4. A small bone situated between the lower extrem- 

 ity of the tibia and the upper lateral portion of the os 

 calcis. This was an articulation with both these bones, 

 and is supposed by Cuvier to represent the lower head of 

 the fibula. 



"5. Fragment of the left metatarsal bone. The outer 

 condyle broken off. 



"The first four bones fit accurately together and ob- 

 viously belonged to the same foot. 



"The want of coossification of the epiphysis of the tibia 

 with its shaft, would indicate that the animal had not ac- 

 quired its maturity. The metatarsal bone No. 5 was 

 obviously that of a ruminant possessing originally two 



"The paragraphs numbered 1 to ti are given in quotations in the record and are 

 probably a copy of Dr. Wyman's notes on the specimens which he identified for Mr. 

 Russell. 



