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length of the carpus and metacarpus in B. americanus (same specimens) to 

 the length of tarsus and metatarsus is as 74 to 100 ; in Bison bonasus as 73 to 

 100. The length of the upper portion of the fore limb (humerus and radius) 

 to the upper portions of the hind limb (femur and tibia) in B. americanus 

 (same specimens as before) is as 7-3-83 to 100; in B. bonasus, as 80—84 to 

 100. These proportions coincide with those obtained from comparing the 

 entire fore and hind limbs with each other, as well as the relative height of 



TABLE IX. 



Measurements of Skeletons of Bison americanus and Bison bonasus. 



