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DR. E. LONNBERGf ON THE 



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four points on either side, the t'ovnier four points on the right and 

 jBve on the left side. This Elk was shot near Sandriken's iron- 

 woi'ks in Clestrikland. 



Text-fiir. 68. 



Antlers, of. tlie ijalmatecl type, of youuj;- Elk t'rom Uplaml. 



Text-fiii'. (59. 



Aiitk'vs of a 



iiicwhat oilier Elk than tliat shown in text-fig. 68, 

 from Pinspang, Ostergotland. 



The non-palmated or " cervine"' series is repi'esented by text-figs. 

 71-73. Text-fig. 71 shows three synnnetrical points, viz., an upper 

 or posterior fork, and a,n anterioi- simple tine, on each side, hut no 

 palmation ; it may he compared with text-fig. 68 as being pi-obably 

 of the same age. It is taken f i-om an Elk shot in the centi-al jjart 

 of Ostergotland. Text -fig. 72 displays four points on each side, 

 viz., an upper and an anterior fork ; it is from Gimo in Eastei-n 

 Upland. Text-fig. 73 (p. 356) shows the -'cervine" type of antlers 

 of an old stag shot at Krusenberg in Upland, not far from Upsala . 

 The upper or posteiior portion of the left antler has three, and that 

 of the right fottr large points. The anterior poi-tion of liotli antlers 

 is formed by a greatly developed fork, the long median branches 

 of which are, liowever, not fully shown in conseqttence of their 

 inclination towards the camera. The intermediate forms repre- 

 sented by text-figs. 74 &■ 75 speak for themselves. Text-fig. 74 might 



