STEJ NEGER] ANIMALS AND PLANTS OF NORWAY 465 
the skull (pl. -xvii1) the nasals, when viewed from the side, are 
visible in front above the ends of the premaxillaries, fully as well, in 
fact, as in the Irish hind figured by Lonnberg (p. 12, fig. 6). Nor is 
_the outline of the profile perfectly straight, as described and figured 
in Lonnberg’s specimens. There is a decided curvature both in front 
and behind, so that this Norwegian stag appears to suggest the 
same “tendency to ‘Rammsnase,’”’ as the two Scotch skulls de- 
scribed by Lonnberg (p. 10), a tendency apparently not shared by 
the Irish hind and as a character in these animals probably of no 
value whatever. 
The antorbital vacuities are described by Lonnberg in the Nor- 
wegian, Scotch, and Irish speciments as essentially of the same size 
and shape. In our specimen they are rather large. 
The supraorbital foramina are very large, one 15 mm., the other 
18 mm., thus agreeing with the other Norwegian skulls as well as 
with the Scotch and Irish. 
The other characters relied upon by Lonnberg are those of rela- 
tive proportions and can best be discussed after I have given the 
requisite dimensions. 
Our specimen (no. 143,179) measures as follows: 
Mm. 
Basicranial length <>... 0/03. Se ake ak 
Distance from anterior tip of premanilaaee to 1 fbi. Ss eGo Eee 211 
Zygomatic width at the posterior end of jugale................. 146 
Width ot skulljust behind premaxillaress.] seers see ee eee OO 
Menotn, Gt ttasals. (average ) © .......s ssn eee coe eee 122 
Greatest width of both nasals combined...:.....:....+--+.-.--+- 45 
Vertical height of nose at the posterior end of premaxillaries.... 58 
iLecetn of upper molar series (socket):. cineca. seeuee cro OO 
Witciihmoieamtonbital VaCuUtty:.*. aac 0 acc cre ereeiee eee Cetera 28 
Length of antorbital vacuity. . soe Nett GO. 
Longest diameter of foramen spree! (average). Beene LOLS 
Height of maxillary above the foremost molar................. 40 
Height of maxillary above the foremost oreo A Pete, Bauer ie 69 
Distance from lower orbital rim to last molar.................. 46 
Antlers, inside distance between beams at base of subroyals...... 508 
Antlers, distance from burr to farthest point................... 578 
Unfortunately, there are hardly any individual measurements of 
his Swedish and Norwegian specimens in Lonnberg’s paper, most 
of the dimensions given being maxima and minima of the series, 
except in a few instances, so that it is impossible to include them 
in a comparative table, or to reduce them to the unit of one of the 
*Right 120 mm. : left 123.5 mm. 
* Right 18 mm. ry: 15 mm. 
