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DR. C. I. FORSYTH MAJOR ON DENTAL 



[Mar. 15, 



female skull and their length is 2-5 millim. Basal length of the 

 skull = 48 millim. The two posterior cleciduoiTS cheek-teeth 

 appear to have jvistcut the gum ; the anterior of the two (dm 2) is 

 slightly in advance of the posterior. 



Text-fig. 80. 



Text-fig. 81. 



Text-fig. 80. — Antidorcas euchore, $ , right maxillary. Double nat. size. 

 Text-fig. 81. — Antidorcas euchore (<??), right maxillary. Double nat. size. 



Deciduovis upper canines have not been often recorded in 

 Antelopes ; I can find only five writers who make mention of 

 them. 



In this Society's 'Proceedings' for 1878, Sir Y. Brooke gave, 

 side by side, in tabvilar form the characters which distinguish the 

 Oervidse from the Bovidee. Under No. 6 he states : — 



" Cervidce. Bovidce. 



Upper canines present in both Canines absent in both sexes, 

 sexes. Exceptions .... Exception, Nanotragus 



pygmmus \^ = JVeotragits 

 pygmceios] has sometimes 

 the upper milk-canine." * 



The writer was not aware that in 1836 RiippeU had already 



* Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1878, p. 884. 



