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  RELATIONSHIP 
  OF 
  THE 
  BISON 
  TO 
  THE 
  AUEOCH. 
  461 
  

  

  Tabt.-e 
  I.— 
  Measurements 
  of 
  SMetonsof 
  Bison 
  americanus 
  and 
  Bison 
  5onasMS— 
  Coutiuued. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  first 
  rib, 
  cartilaginous 
  portion 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  third 
  rib 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  third 
  rib, 
  osseous 
  portion 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  third 
  rib, 
  cartilaginous 
  portion 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  sixth 
  rib 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  sixth 
  rib, 
  osseous 
  portion 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  sixth 
  rib, 
  cartilaginous 
  portion 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  ninth 
  rib 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  ninth 
  rib, 
  osseous 
  portion 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  ninth 
  rib, 
  cartilaginous 
  portion 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  twelfth 
  rib 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  twelfth 
  rib, 
  osseous 
  portion 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  twelfth 
  lib, 
  cartilaginous 
  portion 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  fourteenth 
  rib 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  fourteenth 
  rib, 
  osseous 
  portion 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  fourteenth 
  rib, 
  cartilaginous 
  portion 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  sternum 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  spine 
  of 
  sixth 
  cervical 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  spine 
  of 
  seventh 
  cervical 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  spine 
  of 
  first 
  dorsal 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  spine 
  of 
  second 
  dorsal 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  spine 
  of 
  third 
  dorsal 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  spine 
  of 
  fourth 
  dorsal 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  spine 
  of 
  fifth 
  dorsal 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  spine 
  of 
  sixth 
  dorsal 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  spine 
  of 
  seventh 
  dorsal 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  spine 
  of 
  eighth 
  dorsal 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  spine 
  of 
  ninth 
  dorsal 
  

  

  Leugt 
  h 
  of 
  spine 
  of 
  tenth 
  dorsal 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  spine 
  of 
  eleventh 
  dorsal 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  spine 
  of 
  twelfth 
  dorsal 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  spine 
  of 
  thirteenth 
  dorsal 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  spine 
  of 
  fourteenth 
  dorsal 
  

  

  Distance 
  between 
  ends 
  of 
  pleurapophyses 
  of 
  first 
  lumbar 
  

  

  Distance 
  between 
  ends 
  of 
  pleurapophyses 
  of 
  second 
  

   lumbar 
  

  

  Distancebetween 
  ends 
  of 
  pleurapophyses 
  of 
  third 
  lum- 
  

   bar 
  

  

  Distance 
  between 
  ends 
  of 
  pleurapophyses 
  of 
  fourth 
  

   lumbar 
  

  

  Distance 
  between 
  ends 
  of 
  pleurapophyses 
  of 
  fifth 
  lum- 
  

   bar 
  

  

  Transverse 
  diameter 
  of 
  proximal 
  end 
  of 
  first 
  sacral. 
  .. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  innominate 
  bone 
  

  

  Greatest 
  (external) 
  width 
  of 
  pelvis 
  anteriorly 
  

  

  Distance 
  between 
  most 
  lateral 
  parts 
  of 
  posterior 
  end 
  

  

  of 
  pubic 
  bones 
  , 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  ilium 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  ischio-pubic 
  bones 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  thyroid 
  foramen 
  

  

  Breadth 
  of 
  thyroid 
  foramen 
  

  

  Breadth 
  of 
  scapula 
  

  

  Breadth 
  of 
  scapula 
  at 
  proximal 
  end 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  humerus 
  , 
  

  

  Anteroposterior 
  diameter 
  of 
  the 
  proximal 
  end 
  

  

  Transverse 
  diameter 
  of 
  the 
  proximal 
  end 
  

  

  Greatest 
  breadth 
  of 
  its 
  distal 
  end 
  

  

  Least 
  circumference 
  of 
  its 
  shaft 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  radius 
  

  

  Transverse 
  diameter 
  of 
  proximal 
  end 
  

  

  Transverse 
  diameter 
  of 
  distal 
  end 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  ulna 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  its 
  olecranon 
  

  

  Least 
  breadth 
  antero-posteriorly 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  carpus 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  canon 
  bone 
  

  

  Width 
  of 
  proximal 
  end 
  

  

  "Width 
  of 
  distal 
  end 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  inner 
  metatarsal 
  

  

  Iiength 
  of 
  first 
  phalanx 
  (fore 
  limb) 
  

  

  Width 
  of 
  first 
  phalanx, 
  proximal 
  end 
  

  

  Width 
  of 
  first 
  phalanx, 
  distal 
  end 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  second 
  phalanx 
  

  

  Width 
  of 
  second 
  phalanx, 
  proximal 
  end 
  

  

  Width 
  of 
  second 
  phalanx, 
  distal 
  end 
  

  

  Lcngt 
  h 
  of 
  nnguinal 
  phalanx, 
  inner 
  side 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  femur 
  , 
  

  

  Bison 
  americanus. 
  

  

  Bison 
  bonasns. 
  

  

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  450 
  

  

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  385 
  

  

  420 
  

  

  390 
  

  

  430 
  

  

  361 
  

  

  380 
  

  

  418 
  

  

  

  115 
  

  

  

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  88 
  

  

  93 
  

  

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  640 
  

  

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  630 
  

  

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  240 
  

  

  

  

  198 
  

  

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  750 
  

  

  

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  580 
  

  

  590 
  

  

  575 
  

  

  610 
  

  

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  540 
  

  

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  y4:i 
  

  

  

  230 
  

  

  

  

  9,15 
  

  

  190 
  

  

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  475 
  

  

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  410 
  

  

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  335 
  

  

  287 
  

  

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  397 
  

  

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  290 
  

  

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  284 
  

  

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