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THE AMERICAN BISONS. 



TABLE VII. 



Measurements of Metacarpal Boxes. 



Extreme length 



Transverse diameter of proximal end 



" " " distal end . . . 

 Leas! diameter of shaft 



circumference of shaft 



Explanation of Table VII. 



3. Disnn anliqutu. Yukon River., Alaska. (No. 6578 of the National Museum Register, J. LockharL 

 collector.) 



2. Bison americanus. Very large old male, — the largest specimen I have ever met with. (No. 12,233 



National Museum Register.) 



3. Bison americanus. Very large old male. (Mus. Comp. Zool-, No. 10.) 



4. Bison bonasus. Large old male. (Mus. Comp. Zool., No. 165.) 



5. Bison americanus. Adult female. (Mus Comp. Zool., No. 12.) 



6. Large Domestic Hull, "Baron of Oxford." 



TABLE VIII. 

 Mi ISUREMENTS <>' METACARPALS <<F BlBON AMERICANUS FROM BlO-BONE T.K'K, KrNTUCKT. 



Explanation of Tabic VIII. 



1 No. !463 Poll-grown female 



a 175. Young female. 



3. " 2170. Adult female. 



4 " 8476. Adult female. 



5. " 8468. Adult female. 



6. Ho. 8489. Adult male. 



7. " 8468. Adult male. 

 0. ■• 8488. Adult male. 

 9. " 8467. Adult male. 



