1868.] BOYD DAWKINS DEER FROM NORWICH CRAG. 617 



from the Norwich Crag, that in its remarkable form stands aloof from 

 those hitherto known, and merits a careful examination. Dr. Fal- 

 coner, prevented by his sudden death from following up the study of 

 the Miocene and Pliocene antlers, has left behind sketches * of some 

 of the more remarkable forms, which I have found of the greatest 

 value in working at the Cervidae. The antler ir, question did not 

 escape his notice; and therefore I propose for it, in his memory, the 

 specific name of Cerviis Falconeri. 



2. Description— ThQ antler (PI. XYIII. figs 9, 10, 11) is a shed one 

 of the left side, with its base slightly waterworn, and presenting a 

 rounded section. There is no trace of a burr ; but it may possibly 

 have been worn away. The brow-tyne {h) is gi\en off at a dis- 

 tance of 1-9 inch above the base, on the outer side, at a very ob- 

 tuse angle to the basal part, and at right angles to the main body 

 of the beam. At its point of junction with the beam it is oval in 

 section ; but it seems to recover the rounded form of the tyne of 

 Fallow-deer, and of the closely allied species Cervus Browni. Its 

 direction is obliquely downwards. The basal portion of the beam 

 is put on at a very obtuse angle to the main body, and is hollowed 

 and flattened at the point where the brow-tyne is given off*. Im- 

 mediately above it the beam becomes flattened both above and 

 below, and especially at the points of origin of the bez-antler (c) and 

 the third tyne (d). The former is small and of slightly oval sec- 

 tion, and, like the brow-tyne (h), most probably ended in a round 

 tip. The latter (d) is flattened, and presents an oval section ; its basal 

 measurement is about half as wide again as the palmated continua- 

 tion of the beam. From c to d the beam gradually increases in 

 width ; from d upwards it is abruptly reflected and gradually de- 

 creases in size and thickness as far as the slightly upturned and 

 fractured end, which latter, from its thinness, could not have been 

 very far from the apex. The beam is smooth, possibly from being 

 waterworn, but presents slight traces of broad and shaUow grooves 

 on its distal end. Its posterior boundary between the points of 

 origin for the brow- and third tynes is almost straight. The second 

 and third tjnes (c, d) stand in such a relationship to the brow- antler 

 (5), that the angle made by the plane passing through them with 

 that of a plane passing through the latter and the basal part of the 

 beam is almost a right angle, giving the appearance of the basal por- 

 tion of the antler having been twisted a quarter of a turn downwards. 

 There are also four other fragments of the basal portion of the antler 

 that may be referred to this species — one in the British Museum, 

 No. 35857, two in the magnificent collection of fossil mammalia 

 made by Mr. Jarvis, of Cromer, and one from the Crag of Lowestoft. 

 All are waterworn and from the Crag, and all repeat the characters 

 that have been given in the description of the basal portion of the 

 type specimen. They are, however, slightly smaUer, and most pro- 

 bably belonged to younger individuals. 



3. Measurements. — The following measurements in inches cor- 

 respond with those of Cervus Broivni. 



* These are now deposited in the British Museu)u. 



