OYIBOS MOSCHATUS IX THE ¥OBEST-BED. 



32. On the alleged Existence of Oyibos moschattts in the Forest- 

 bed, and its Range in Space and Time. By W. Boyd Dawkins, 

 Esq., M.A., F.R.S., E.G.S., Professor of Geology and Palaeon- 

 tology in the Victoria University. (Eead June 20, 1883.) 



Contexts. 



1. Introduction. 



2. Description and Identification. 



3. Rangp in North America, Northern Asia, and continental Europe. 



4. Present in Britain in Late Pleistocene age. 



5. Present in Britain in Mid Pleistocene ages. 



6. Present in Britain in Early Pleistocene ages. 



7. The overlap of Pliocene and Pleistocene. 



8. Mammal -Faunas in the Forest-bed. 



9. General Conclusions. 



1 . Introduction. 



The specimen which forms the subject of the present notice 

 formed part of the collection of the late Rev. F. Buxton, and was 

 sent to me for identification by his brother, Mr. A. E. Buxton, in 



Slcull of Ovibos moschatus {Forest-ted, Trimingham). 

 (One fourth natural size.) 



April 1883. It was obtained by a fisherman from the Forest-bed 

 of Trimingham, four miles from Cromer, in Norfolk, and may be 



