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ception of a small fissure, proving them to have belonged to an adult 

 animal. The articular surfaces and olecranon are perfectly entire, and 

 there is no appearance anywhere of gnawing. 



Dimensions. — Extreme length of radius, measured in front, 13- in. Extreme 

 length of ulna, measured along the curve to olecranon, 17" id. Extreme length of 

 ditto measured straight from top of olecranon to outer articular edge, 17'5 in. 

 Girth of lower articular head, 16' in. Girth of united shafts, 11"5 in. Girth of 

 united upper articular surfaces, 145 in. Transverse diameter of articulation 

 with humerus, 4'2 in. Vertical height of ditto to hook of olecranon, 2 - 8 in. 



No. 3. Right Scapula. — About half of this bone remains in a state 

 of integrity, what is wanting having been lost by recent fractures. The 

 glenoid cavity is perfectly entire, with a large projecting tuberosity ; 

 the spine and crochet are broken off, and all the basal and leafy portion 

 near the base. 



Dimensions. — Antero-posterior diameter of glenoid cup, 4'8 in. Transverse 

 ditto, 3-8 in. Transverse diameter of proximal end, including tuberosity, 7'2 in. 

 Transverse diameter of neck, 4 - 4 in. 



No. 4. Axis. — A superb specimen of the second vertebra nearly 

 entire, and with the articular surfaces and the odontoid processes quite 

 entire. The following are the dimensions : — 



Transverse diameter of lower surface of body, 4'6 in. Antero-posterior ditto, 

 29 in. Transverse diameter (chord) of upper articular surface, 68 in. Height 

 of body to summit of odontoid, 6 - in. Antero-posterior diameter of united body 

 and spinous process, 7'8 in. Transverse diameter of the spinal foramen, 2'2 in. 

 Antero-posterior ditto, 1"6 in. 



The only parts wanting of this fine specimen are the left inferior 

 oblique process and the upper part of the spine, both of which have 

 been lost by a recent fracture. 



Besides the axis there are three other cervical vertebra? (Nos. 5, 6, 

 and 7), one of which is perfect, with the exception of the spinous 

 process ; another has the body perfect, but is minus the spinal arch ; 

 and a third shows only the body. The next specimen to be noticed is 

 a perfect metacarpal or metatarsal bone, probably a metatarsal, but the 

 exact position of which has not yet been determined. There is no 

 specimen of a canine or incisor of Hippopotamus, but, strange to say, 

 one detached true molar (No. 8), which has undergone more rolling 

 than all the rest of the bones together. 



Dimensions. — Length of crown, 2-3 in. ; transverse ditto, about 1-5 in. 



Cervus eurycerus (Irish Elk). — The determinable specimens of this 

 species consist of the frontal part of the cranial box, together with the 

 surfaces left by two shed horns ; a considerable portion of the skull- 

 cavity (for the cerebrum) is also shown, but all the rest of the skull is 

 wanting (No. 9). The frontal plateau exhibits the sudden fall with the 

 two depressions below the horn-pedicles characteristic of the species, 

 and on the left side also a portion of the orbit, together with the 

 characteristic supraorbitary foramen. Although mutilated, this cranial 

 fragment leaves no doubt that the species was the Irish Elk, and in 

 mineral condition it agrees entirely with the Hippopotamus bones, and 

 what remains of it is in an equally unrolled condition. 



