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that were exhumed at Keene’s station near the Oswegatchie Ox Bow in 
Jefferson co. I have compared them with the corresponding teeth in an 
immense dray-horse, and find them much larger”’ (’84, p.). 
Elephas columbi Falconer Jossi/ elephant 
1842 Llephas americanus De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia. 
p.tor. Not Hlephas americanus Kerr, 1792. 
1857 Llephas columbt Falconer, Quart. journ. geol. soc. London. 
v. 13, table facing p. 319. 
Type locality. Mexico and the southern United States. 
Distribution in New York. Remains of the fossil elephant may be 
looked for in marl beds, gravel banks and similar locations anywhere in 
New York. They are much less abundant however than those of the 
mastodon. 
Principal records. De Kay: “The specimens . . . were found in a 
diluvial formation near the Irondiquoit river in Monroe county 10 miles 
east of the city of Rochester . . . these consisted of a tusk and two 
molars” (’42, p. 101). 
Mastodon americanus Kerr American mastodon 
1792 Llephas americanus Kerr, Animal kingdom. 1: 116. 
1842 Mastodon maximus De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia. 
Dy oz: 
1895 Mastodon americanus Allen, Am. mus, nat. hist. Bul. 20 June 
RO Osea fy 1 OV 
Type locality. Big bone lick, Kentucky. 
Distribution in New York. Like the fossil elephant the mastodon 
once occurred throughout the state. Its remains are more abundant 
than those of the elephant. 
frincipal records. De Kay, “In this state the remains of this animal 
were discovered near Claverack, as early as 1705, and formed the subject 
of a note from the celebrated Dr Mather, which appeared in the English 
philosophical transactions, 1705, July 23. 
“In 1782, they [bones of the mastodon] were found in a swamp, 
near Montgomery, Orange co., and in greater numbers at Shawangunk, 
Ulster co. Shortly after, portions of eight distinct individuals were dis- 
covered within eight or 10 miles of Montgomery. In 1801, Mr Peale 
succeeded in disinterring, from this region, an almost entire skeleton. 
“Since that period, other localities have been discovered, the most 
remarkable of these are, 
