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MR. W. STORES FOX OX BONES 



[Jan. 16. 



very nuicli worn down. When this bone was found tlie canine 

 was not in situ, but a tooth has been placed in the socket, into 

 which it exactly fitted. The third premolar is missing altogether ; 

 and, as the bone has entirely closed over the socket, this tooth 

 must either have been lost some time before the death of the 

 animal, or it could never have existed at all. The fourth premolar, 

 Vvhen found, was separate from the jaw, but the molar was in 

 position in the bone. 



Taking into consideiation the shrinkage caused by the absence 

 of the third premolar, this ramus closel}^ corresponds in general 

 outlines with the Pleasley one described by Professor Dawkins. 

 The following table of measurements, the last two columns of 

 which are taken from ' British Pleistocene Mammalia,' shows this 

 correspondence. The measurements throughout are given in 

 inches and tenths. 



The total length of the canine now fixed in the jaw could not 

 be measured ; and as the tip is broken ofi", the original height of 

 the crown must remain uncertain. But the two odd Cales Dale 

 canines are respectively in length : 1'65 ins. and 1'9 ins., whereas 

 the Pleasely specimen is P85 ins. ; and the height of the crowns 

 of these two Cales Dale teeth is exactly the same as that of the 

 right lower ramus of Felis lynx {borealis) in the British Museum, 

 namely, "S inch, as compared with -75 inch in the Pleasley 

 animal. 



Measurements of right ramus of Lower Jaw, 



The measurements of the upper carnassial (text-fig. 26 A) and 

 of the incisors show that there is very little difierence between 

 the Cales Dale teeth and those of F. lynx (borealis). 



'* As Pm. 3 is lacking in the Cales Dale specimen, the measurement is taken behind 

 the socket of the canine. This absence of Pm. 3 accounts for the relatively small 

 circumference here. 



