220 BRITISH FOSSIL ELEPHANTS. 



by No. 100 of the Gunn Collection, Norwich Museum. It is from the Forest-Bed 

 Series, and measures 5 X2\S inches. 1 Its scaphoidal surface is 4*8 inches in length, and 

 trapezial 2 X 2*4 inches. In comparison with the foregoing bones of E. primigenius 

 and E. antiquus, it assimilates more closely to the broad surface of the latter than to that 

 of the former. 



Magnum. — The dimensions of this bone in the foot, which I have referred to E. 

 antiquus? exceeds the dimensions of the largest specimen I have seen from the East 

 Coast, and another, No. 18,244, B. M., from Grays, Essex, in all probability also 

 belongs to E. antiquus. The latter is shown in pi. li, fig. 6, of the ' Fauna Antiqua Siva- 

 lensis,' and is 6"4x5'8 inches in width. It is undistinguishable from the former in size 

 and characters. Nor does it appear that, unless in rather smaller dimensions, the 

 following from the East Coast differ from them, unless in minor points, namely, 

 No. 33,410, B. M., which has the convexities and concavities of the articular surfaces 

 less pronounced, and the metacarpal surface not so broad in proportion. 



The dimensions of this specimen from Happisborough, Norfolk, are — 



Maximum (a. p. d.) 6 - 8 inches. 2 



Breadth 8 5'0 



Thickness 5'8 ,, 



A large magnum, scarcely referable to E. primigenius on account of size, is shown by 

 No. 164, Gunn Collection. It was dredged off Yarmouth, Norfolk. Its 



Length is 6 inches. 



Breadth 4*5 „ 



Facets for the three metacarpals 4-5 X 2*4 and 4*5x1 inches. 



Unciform aspect 5X2' 5 inches. 



Height of the specimen is 5' 5 inches. 



Unciforme. — This bone in the foot of E. antiquus, previously noticed,* rivals in size 

 many of the huge bones from the East Coast. 



No. 33,407, B. M., from the Norfolk Coast, has an antero-posterior and transverse 

 diameter of 7 inches, and is 6 inches in thickness. 



No. 172, Gunn Collection, from the Forest Bed, gives the following dimensions : 



E. meridionalis. E. antiquus. 



Maximum length 6*5 inches. 6*8 inches. 



Breadth 7 „ 79 



Cuneiform facet 5'2x52 „ 58X48 „ 



1 Nesti gives a larger specimen from Northern Italy. It is 0*146 X (M25 m. or 57 X 48 inches. 



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3 Nesti gives one which is 0160 x 0120. I have found considerable discrepancies individually 

 in these two dimensions in various species (see " Dentition and Osteology of the Maltese Fossil Elephants," 

 'Trans. Zool. Soc./ vol. vi, p. 72). 



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