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ON BONES OF THE LYNX FROM DERBYSHIRE. [JmU. 16, 



There is also a terminal plialanx. 



In form these phalanges are similar to those of the cori'esponding 

 series in the British Museum Lynx. In that skeleton the longest 

 and stoutest phalanx is that which articulates with the third 

 metatarsal bone and measures I'Tl inches; but it is not nearly 

 so stout in build ns the Cales Dale phalanx, which is 1-65 inches 

 long. Moreover, the British Museum bone in que.stion is rounded 

 on the under side, whereas the Cales Dale one widens out into 

 ridges at the distal end on the under side. 



Measui'ements of Metapodials of F. lynx (horealis). 

 Brit. Mus. 123U a. 





Left nianus. 





Left 



pe.s. 





mc. 2. 



mc. 3. 



mt. 2. 



mt. 3. 



mt. 4. 



mt. 5. 





2-7 

 •55 

 •42 

 •8 



3^0 

 •45 

 •43 



•8 



3-7 

 •4 

 •5 

 •92 



4-(J8 

 •52 

 ■5 



103 



41 

 •3 

 •44 



•95 



3-7 

 •31 

 •41 



•72 



Traiif^verse diameter 

 (proximal end) ... 



Transverse diameter 

 (distal end) 



Lea-t circumference 

 of shaft 





In the British Museum skeleton the longest phalanx of the 

 manus is that which articulates with the third metacarpal, and it 

 ^ measures 1'62 inches. 



The other mammalian bones found with those enumerated 

 above throw no fresh light upon the question of the period at 

 which the Lynx lived in this country. They include Wild Cat, 

 Fox, and another species of Canis (probably Wolf), Badger, Hare, 

 Babbit, Water- Yole, Bank-Yole, Sheep, Goat, and Ox. Wild Cat 

 is represented by a fiagment of the left ramus of the mandible, 

 containing the third and foui-th premolars and the first molar. 



Mr. E. T. Newton, F.R.S., kindly identified the bird and 

 amphibian bones, which are as follows : — small Domestic Fowl 

 (or possibly Pheasant), small Grouse, Raven, Jackdaw, Kestrel, 

 Common Gull, Toad, and Frog. 



Among the unidentified bones is the premaxilla of a foetal 

 carnivoi-e, and a number of phalanges of a very young or 

 fcetal animal. 



In conclusion, I desire to thank Dr. C. W. Andrews for the 

 practical advice and help which he has given with regaid to the 

 identification of the mammalian bones. And my thanks are also 

 due to Mr. Newton for the assistance given by him, as already 

 mentioned. 



