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W. BOYD DAWKIFS ON THE DEER OE THE 



Measurements (inches). 



British Museum. 



ZD 



23 



id 



GO 



T-H 



00 

 OS 



8 



8 



& 



00 



OS 



t- 



o 



o 



o 



o 



£ 



ft 



^H 



{25 



1-12 



1-6 



1-95 



1-98 



2-2 



30 



3-6 



3-5 



55 



50 



40 





3-0 





44 



4-4 



Whincopp 

 Coll. 



Burr to fork of brow-tyne 



Circumference above brow-tyne 



Length of beam 



Circumference of base 



2-4 



8-0 

 4-2 



2-2 



35 



1-25 



2-6 



1-0 

 40 



This type of antler is met with also in France. A specimen 

 which I identified in the Museum at the Palais des Beaux Arts at 

 Lyons, in 1873, was derived from the Pliocene strata of Montmerle 

 (Aire), which, according to Dr. Lortet, are of the same age as those 

 of Chagny. It is almost identical with fig. 8. This form of Deer, 

 therefore, is common to the Pliocenes of Norfolk, Suffolk, and of 

 Central France. 



Affinities. — The Cervus suttonensis is, in its general form, closely 

 allied to C. pafdinensis, of which it may be a small breed or variety; 

 but, considering the fragmentary nature of the specimens referable 

 to it, I think it safe to keep the two series distinct and under diffe- 

 rent names. It belongs to the section of the Cervidse now only 

 found in the hot regions of Eastern Asia. 



E. Cervus cylindroceros, Dawkins. (Eigs. 11, 12.) 



Cervus cylindroceros, Bravard, MSS. 

 C. gracilis, Bravard, MSS. 

 ? C. ambiguus, Pomel, op. cit. 



The two antlers described under this name were derived from 

 Arde, Puy de Dome, and are, so far as I know, without any figures 

 or descriptions, the names merely being those attached to the 

 specimens in the British Museum by their discoverer, M. Bravard. 

 The name is selected because the antler to which it belongs is in 

 a better state of preservation than the other, which is crushed and 

 flattened. 



Definition. — The antler of Cervus cylindroceros (fig. 11) is, like 

 those of C. etueriarum, possessed of three tynes and a sigmoid 

 curve ; it is round and grooved. The pedicle is short ; burr (A) 

 stout, and nearly at right angles to pedicle; brow-tyne (B) round and 

 rising at a distance from the burr ; brow-tyne fork nearly at right 

 angles ; second tyne (D) and third (C) with rounded tips ; fork be- 

 tween them acute-angled and webbed. The third tyne is longer 

 than the second. These characters are repeated in C. gracilis 



