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that were exhumed at Keene's station near the Oswegatchie Ox Bow in 

 Jefferson co. I have compared them with the corresponding teeth in an 

 immense dray-horse, and find them much larger " ('84, p.). 



Elephas columbi Falconer Fossil elephant 



1842 Elephas americanus De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia. 



p. 10 1. Not Elephas americanus Kerr, 1792. 

 1857 Elephas columbi Falconer, Quart, journ. geol. soc. London. 



v. 13, table facing p. 319. 



Type locality. Mexico and the southern United States. 



Distribution in New York. Remains of the fossil elephant may be 

 looked for in marl beds, gravel banks and similar locations anywhere in 

 New York. They are much less abundant however than those of the 

 mastodon. 



Principal records De Kay : " The specimens . . . were found in a 

 diluvial formation near the Irondiquoit river in Monroe county 10 miles 

 east of the city of Rochester . . . these consisted of a tusk and two 

 molars" ('42, p. 101). 



Mastodon americanus Kerr American mastodon 



1792 Elephas americamis Kerr, Animal kingdom. 1 : 116. 



1842 Mastodon maxi??ius De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia. 



p. 102. 

 1895 Mastodon americanus Allen, Am. mus. nat. hist. Bui. 20 June 



1895. 7:187. 



Type locality. Big bone lick, Kentucky. 



Distribution in New York. Like the fossil elephant the mastodon 

 once occurred throughout the state. Its remains are more abundant 

 than those of the elephant. 



Principal records. De Kay, " In this state the remains of this animal 

 were discovered near Claverack, as early as 1705, and formed the subject 

 of a note from the celebrated Dr Mather, which appeared in the English 

 philosophical transactions, 1705, July 23. 



"In 1782, they [bones of the mastodon] were found in a swamp, 

 near Montgomery, Orange co., and in greater numbers at Shawangunk, 

 Ulster co. Shortly after, portions of eight distinct individuals were dis- 

 covered within eight or 10 miles of Montgomery. In 1801, Mr Peale 

 succeeded in disinterring, from this region, an almost entire skeleton. 



" Since that period, other localities have been discovered, the most 

 remarkable of these are, 



