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PLEISTOCENE MAMMALIA. 



distinguished from those of the bear by the greater compression, more rounded section, and 

 smaller length in the latter animal. The texture of the bone also affords a character by 

 which they may be distinguished, being much more compact in' the cave lion than in the 

 bear. We have given a figure of the sterneber which we consider to be the third (PI. XVI, 

 fig. 10, 10^). Among the bones of the lion which Sir Phihp Egerton, F.R.S., and 

 Lord Enniskillen, E.R.S., obtained from Gailenreuth Cave, was a feline sterneber exactly 

 agreeing with our figure. 



The following measurements show the relations that they bear to those of lion and 

 jaguar. 





Th 



iRD Sterneber. 



Fourth Sterneber. 



Felis spelcea. 

 Bleadon. 



Felis leo. 

 W. A. S. 



Felis jaguar. 

 W. A. S. 



Felis spelma. 

 Bleadon. 



Felis spelma. 

 Bleadon. 



Felis leo. 

 W. A. S. 



Felis jaguar. 

 W. A. S. 



Length 



170 



1-30 



1-05 



1-50 



1-40 



1-30 



100 



Maximum anterior depth... 



110 



1-00 



0-60 



1-20 



1-00 



1-05 



0-55 



Maximum anterior width 



0-90 



105 



0-50 



1-05 



078 



110 



0-50 



Maximum posterior depth 



1-20 



0-90 



0-55 



1-15 



0-98 



1-10 



050 



Maximum posterior width 



110 



1-30 



0-50 



1-00 



0-85 



110 



0-53 



Minimum circumference . . . 



2-48 



2-60 



112 



270 



2-50 



2-60 



1-30 







Fifth Sterneber. 





Felis spelaa. 

 Bleadon. 



Felis spelma. 

 Bleadon. 



Felis leo. 

 W. A. S. 



Felis jaguar. 

 W. A. S. 



Length 



1-50 



1-50 



1-20 



0-92 



Maximum anterior depth . . . 



110 



100 



0-90 



0-52 



Maximum anterior width ... 



0-80 





1-05 



050 



Maximum posterior depth. . . 



100 



100 



0-85 



0-50 



Maximum posterior width. . . 



110 



... 



1-30 



0-56 



Minimum circumference . . . 



2-90 





2-50 



1-28 



