SKULLS OF OXEN FROM NEWSTEAU. 



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characteristics of the Urus. In tliis skull (text-fig. 76), which 

 belonged to a. cross-bred Shorthoi'ii, the })reiuaxillix in shape closely 

 agrees with the preniaxilki of the Urns, but it is i-elatively shorter 

 and neither reaches the nasal nor extends into the space between 

 the nasal and the maxilla. 



Text-fio-. 80. 



Front view of skull of Bison (Bos bison). 



In the Bison the horn-cores arc near the orbits, the parietals (Pa.) are not o^•erlappcll 

 by the frontals (Fr.), and tlic preniaxilla3 (P.M.) are far removed from the 

 nasals (Ka.). 



Though very few skulls have been available for study, it is 

 evident (1) that in some modern Europeancattleas wellasin some 

 of the cattle in Britain during the Roman occupation, the pre- 

 maxillai were short and failed to reach the nasals, and (2) that as 



