MEGACEROS HIBERNICUS. 447 



A Ices. 



Ft. In. Lin. Ft. In. Lin. 

 Length of the trunk, from the first rib to the ) ^ a o ; o 



end of the ischium . ) 



Height from the ground to the top of the Iron 

 longest dorsal spine [ 



Length of fore leg from the top of the sea- ) ,. ,. R 



, . .,.. J-o/U o 4 o 



pula m a straight line . . j 



Length of hind leg from the head of the fe- ] . 410 9 



mur in a straight line 



Circumference of fourth cervical vertebra . 1100 100 



Span of antlers between the extreme tips. 800 400 



The Elk, or Moose, differs, in fact, from the Megaceros 

 more than any other species of Germs, in the greater pro- 

 portional length of its limbs, due chiefly to the peculiar 

 length of the cannon-bones (metacarpi and metatarsi). 



The first tolerably perfect skeleton of the Megaceros was 

 found in the Isle of Man, and was presented by the Duke 

 of Athol to the Edinburgh Museum ; the figure in the 

 ' Ossemens Fossiles,' torn. iv. pi. viii. is taken from an en- 

 graving of this skeleton transmitted by Professor Jamieson 

 to Baron Cuvier. Another skeleton was composed and set 

 up by Dr. Hart, in the Museum of the Royal Dublin 

 Society, from a collection of bones found at Rath cannon 

 in Ireland, and this is figured in his ' Description of the 

 Skeleton of the Fossil Deer of Ireland. 1 A third en- 

 graving of a foreshortened view, by Professor Phillips, 

 of the skeleton of the Megaceros, from Waterford, in 

 the museum of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, was 

 published, without description, by Mr. Sunter of York ; 

 and this exhibits a more natural collocation of the bones, 

 than do either of the above-cited figures. Three very 

 complete and well-articulated skeletons have since been 

 added to English collections ; one of these is in the 

 British Museum, another in the Woodwardian Museum 

 at Cambridge, and a third in the Hunterian Museum 



