486 CERVUS. 



Such a position of the first branch may be observed 

 amongst existing Deer, in the great Busa, or Hippelaphus 

 of India, and in the Mazama or Cervus furcatus of S. 

 America ; but it is always directed more obliquely upwards 

 than in the fossil. The Cervus Guettardi, amongst fossil 

 species, shows the same relative position as well as di- 

 rection of the first branch ; but this species is smaller than 

 in the Kirkdale fossil, being intermediate between the 

 Rein-deer and the Roe ; and the beam is smoother and 

 less cylindrical. The British extinct species would seem, 

 however, to be more nearly allied to the fossil of Etampes * 

 than to any known existing Deer ; but it is distinct, and 

 I propose to dedicate it to the distinguished Geologist by 

 whom its chief characteristic was first pointed out. 



* Cuvier, torn. cit. p. 89. 



Fig. 201. 



Left ramus, lower jaw of Roebuck, nat. size. Subturbary marl, 

 Newbury, Berks. 



