222 BRITISH FOSSIL ELEPHANTS. 



Another specimen, also in the Gunn Collection, and from the Forest Bed, is 7 inches 

 in length. The unciform surface is 3*5 in height by 2"8 inches in width; the third 

 metacarpal facet is 2*8xl"4 inches. 



Distal end 5*8X3 inches. 



Girth, midshaft, 11 inches. 



Fifth digit (PL XVIII, figs. 8 and 8 a), No. 33,433, B. M., is from Happis- 

 borough. It is 7x5*2 inches. 



As indicated with reference to the Mammoth, the unciform facet (fig. 8 a) is much 

 more ovate ; otherwise I cannot perceive any peculiarity worth recording. 



10. PHALANGES 



Are not uncommon in collections, but do not present, excepting in their large dimensions, 

 any points different from the equivalent elements of the feet of allied species. 



A first phalanx of possibly the second digit, from Overstrand, Cromer, in Mr. 

 Savin's Collection, is 5 inches in length, with a girth at the middle of 8 '4 inches. The 

 proximal articular surface is 3x2*5 inches, and the distal 5x 2*5 inches. 



11. FEMUR. 



Comparisons between this bone and that of the Mammoth have been already 

 furnished. 1 



As compared with any femur at all referable to European extinct Elephants, the 

 specimen in the possession of Mr. Randall Johnson, of Palling, far outstrips the largest 

 in dimensions. It was discovered at Mundesley, in the Forest Bed, in conjunction with 

 the humerus, No. 200 of the Gunn Collection (PL XVI, fig. 2), and the huge radius 

 also referred to. 2 Conjointly they represent a stupendous Elephant only second to the 

 Dinotherium in size. I regret being unable to furnish a representation of this huge thigh- 

 bone. I was fortunate, however, through the kindness of Mr. Johnson, in being per- 

 mitted to take the following measurements during a hurried survey of his valuable 

 Collection at Stalham, in the company of my friend, Mr. Gunn. 



The specimen is in a perfect state of preservation, without seemingly a chip through- 

 out its vast surface. 



The total length is 60 inches. 3 



Breadth of proximal end at the great trochanter 19 inches. 



1 Page 164. e p age 217. 



3 The famous Eppelsheim specimen of the Dinotherium had a femur of 62*7 inches in length. 



