BISON PRfSC'US. 



497 



Fig. 206. 



The metatarsal bone of the Bison 

 priscus from Clacton (fig. 207) shows 

 an unusual prominence of the inner 

 border of the an- 

 terior groove for 

 the extensor tendon 

 which traversed the 

 middle of that sur- 

 face of the meta- 

 tarsal bone. I have 

 seen the same cha- 

 racter in a meta- 

 tarsal bone of cor- 

 responding dimen- 

 sions found in the 

 brick earth at Ken- 

 sington ; and in two 

 metatarsals of a 

 smaller species or 

 variety of Bison 

 (fig. 206), from the 



Cavernous fissures Metatarsal, Bison minor, 

 . Oreston. 



at Oreston : it may 



be due, however, to accidental ossific inflammation. 



Fip. 207. 



Metatarsal, Bison pris- 

 cus, Clacton. 



K K 



