196 
inches, this was apparently a young animal, and ‘‘ found in the Shannon,”’ 
but where is not specified. There was no label attached. 
No. 38. A head and imperfect horns; with the label, ‘‘ No. 10,” and 
appearing to have been that presented by the Board of Works, under the 
following circumstances: —‘“‘ Found in the bed of the River Dee, between 
Nobler and Whitewood, county of Meath” (Proceedings, vol. vi., p. 180). 
This specimen appears more recent than any other in the collection. 
No. 4. A complete head, but horns imperfect, brow antlers wanting; 
in the left horn-blade there is an oblong indentation, about 14 inch in 
extent, and + broad, into which might be fitted a long narrow bronze celt, 
similar to some in the Museum. Both head and antlers are covered with 
aquatic lichen. It is marked ‘No. 25,” and was probably presented by 
the Drainage Commissioners. 
No. 5. The head and horn-beams of what appears to be the remains 
of one of the oldest animals of the Irish fossil elk yet recorded. The 
superior maxillary bone is imperfect ; the infra-orbital apertures are very 
oblique, only 24 inches beneath the burr or crown, and the approaching 
edges of the burr are but three inches asunder; while in No. 3 that space 
Fig. 4. 
is 42 inches wide, and in No. 9 it is still larger, so that these distances 
may, with other circumstances, be taken as indications of age. The 
breadth between the orbits is 94inches. The right palm only remains, 
and is deeply grooved for the large arterial network which ramified on 
its surface. The circumference of the basal ridge or burr is 15 inches, 
