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RECENT DEPOSITS OF NEKBUDDA VALLEY. 293 



species. In one specimen the burr is attached, but the horn is broken 

 short off, the other is more mutilated — 



Length of pedicle from flattened base, 2-| inches. 



Girth beneath burr, 4£ „ 



The 4th and 5th species are both of the Bus a type. The larger 

 species is remarkable for the great angle at which the bez-antler is 

 given off. The more perfect of the specimens measures, 



Length, 



Do. of bez-antler, ...... .... 



Girth at burr, .... 



Girth above bez-antler, .... 



Do. of bez-antler, .... 



Do do where broken, ...... .... 



Angle formed by bez-antler, 125° 



The only fragment of the smaller species is rather flattened but too 

 imperfect to afford much ground for comparison. 



The measurements now given in the accompanying table will shew 

 the general dimensions and proportions of a very noble specimen of Bos 

 JSlamadicus, compared with crania of Bos primigenius and Bubalus pal- 

 eeindicus of which two imperfect crania have been obtained from the 

 eastern portion of the valley. 



In the Museum of the Asiatic Society there is in addition a single 

 horn core of a bovine, which from its great massiveness, Dr. Falconer 

 regards as distinct from either B. Namadicus or B. palmndicus. This 

 specimen is No. 30, from the Nerbudda, of Dr. Falconer's catalogue, {a) 

 Its dimensions are ft. inches. 



Girth 5 inches from base, ' 1 7 



Length along outer curve, ... , 3 8 



Girth at tip where broken off, 3 



(a) " Catalogue of the Fossil Remains of Vertebrata from the Sewalik Hills, &c., &c," 

 in the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta, 1859. 



