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from an undoubted specimen of that class; and there are many examples 
in our collection quite similar to other drawings in Nilsson’s book, 
especially Figs. 3 and 5, published in the notice of that work, in the 
‘«¢ Annals and Magazine of Natural History,” vol. iv., 2nd series, p. 349. 
The following is a list of the fifty-five ox crania now in the Aca- 
demy :— 
N o. 1. The head of a fine bull, of the short curved horn variety, 
marked No. 22, and bearing the label, F. 702, with the following 
inscription :—‘‘ Young head, supposed to have been sacrificed.’”’ It was 
procured at Lough Gurr, county of Limerick, together with Nos. 2, 8, and 
11. It is 234 inches long, and 8 across the forehead, and is figured at 
p. 72 of this volume. 
No. 2. A cow’s head, of the same variety or breed, 19 inches long, 
and only 64 across the forehead below the horns. See woodcut, p. 73, 
vol. v., marked F. 705 in old registry of Museum. 
No. 8. A Cow’s head, 18 inches long, of same breed as foregoing. 
No. 4. A specimen of the same breed, imperfect at the muzzle. Nos. 5, 
6, and 7 possess the same characters. These four last were found at 
Dunshaughlin, and, with Nos. 10 and 19, were presented by the author. 
No. 8. Ditto, marked No. 23, F. 703, in Museum registry. No. 9. 
An imperfect head of same breed. No. 10. From Dunshaughlin; de- 
posited by the author. No. 11. Ditto; marked 24; F. 704. No, 12. 
Ditto; marked S. 7. 
No. 18. Fragment of an ox-head, ‘found in a rath in the townland 
of Callanagh, parish of Ballyrowan, Queen’s County, and presented by 
Joshua Ferguson, Esq.” 
No. 14. A long, narrow head. No. 15. A fragment, with left horn. 
Nos. 16, 17, and 18. Ox-heads, wanting the horn-slugs. The last 
specimen appears to have been struck in the forehead by a blunt instru- 
ment, possibly in slaughtering. 
No. 19. The head of a young ox; horns curved rather more than 
usual; found in Dunshaughlin. No. 20. A cranium and horn-cores, 
found at Ballinderry; presented by Dr. Lentaigne. No. 21. The head 
and horn-cores of a small, young animal. No. 22. A fragment of a- 
large head, with left horn-core ; probably of a bull. 
Nos. 23, 24, and 25 present the same characters as the foregoing, 
but the slugs are rather flatter, and curved more inwards, like those of 
the old Irish cow of forty years ago. All these were found in Dun- 
shaughlin, and deposited by the author. They may be classed under 
the long-headed curved horned breed of which No. 1 is the type. 
No. 26 is a fine bull-head of the straight short-horned breed, 18 inches 
long, discovered at Dunshaughlin, in 1840, figured at page 71 of this 
volume, and is the finest specimen of the domesticated descendant of the 
Bos longifrons which has yet been found in Ireland. Under this head are 
classed the following :—No. 27. A large ox-head, with a cut in the 
forehead, into which can be fitted several of our narrow bronze celts. 
No. 28. Head and horn-cores. No. 29 would appear from its colour, 
compared with the others, to be quite recent; it isa very good specimen 
