1835.] of the Sub-Himdlayas. 695 



A fragment of upper jaw with molars. 



Two fragments of lower jaw with molars. 



The upper and lower extremities of a metacarpal bone (the central 

 piece wanting). 



The lower extremity of a radius. 



In the above specimens, I have been unable to detect any point of 

 difference from the camel of the country, with which also they appear 

 to correspond in size. The cranium, however, has not yet been 

 cleared from the matrix, which may conceal some distinctive mark. 



The existence of fossil Caprida, (iu which I include antelopes,) is 

 established by numerous specimens of teeth and jaws, and several 

 heads, more or less perfect ; these, with the Cervida and Bos, nearly 

 complete the known varieties of ruminant of the larger unknown 

 genera : we have yet much to learn. 



I have lately seen a nearly perfect fore-leg (consisting of the hu- 

 merus, radius, cubitus, carpus, metacarpus, and one phalanx), of a 

 ruminant which must have united the height of the camel with the 

 proportions of the bos, judging from the great excess in length of 

 radius compared with that of the humerus and metacarpal bone. Of a 

 similar animal we possess chains of vertebrae, cervical and lumbar, at 

 present buried in matrix ; should their clearance determine any inter- 

 esting point, I shall not fail to communicate it. 



Of rhinoceros remains, we have now a plentiful and most interest- 

 ing collection, comprising, besides teeth, heads, &c, more numerous 

 perfect bones than of any other animal. 



Our latest acquisitions are teeth and jaws of the porcupine and rat, 

 several fragments of fish with their scales beautifully perfect, and a 

 small species of felis about the size of the jungle cat. 



P. S. Your fig. 19, PI. XXXIII. vol. iv. appears to me the upper 

 articulating surface of an axis of horse or camel, whether the former 

 or latter might be judged by the size. 



I make this guess, from the appearance of the angle with which the 

 pivot rises out of the flat articulating surface. 



In the bullock, antelopes, goat, sheep, and stag, the rise is nearly 

 perpendicular : in the horse or camel, it has a concave shape. Fig; 19, 

 is apparently much interwoven ; the axis which I have supposed may 

 belong to the elk*, is not in its proportions similar to the correspond- 

 ing bone of the camel, but belongs to an animal with a shorter and 

 thicker neck. 



* See plate XLIV. and page 506. 

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