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W. BOYD DAWXIISS ON THE DEER OP THE 



Measurements (inches). 











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K 









to 





o 





K 





"^ . 





S tn 







,0Q 



p-"g 



8 



£W 



*> 



$ 



^ 



25* 



18-8 



1-5 



11 



44 





4-5 



2-7 



2-0 





45 



3-5 



13-5 



8-9 



7-0 



60 



7-5 



20 



9-5 



8-0 



C. ardeus, Jardin 

 des Plantes. 



Total length from burr 



Length of pedicle 



Circumference of pedicle 



Basal circumference of antler 



Burr to brow-tyne '. 



Burr to fork 



Brow-tyne to second fork . . . 



Length of brow-tyne 



Length of second tyne 



Length of third tyne 



22 

 3-8 

 4-2 

 2'5 

 4-0 



60 

 5-5 



5-5 

 3-2 

 51 



53 

 30 

 55 



Y. Deer incert^ sedis. 



Cervine antlers have been met with in the Pliocene strata of 

 France and Italy which cannot be brought into close relatioD with 

 any of those possessed by living Deer : such, for example, as the 

 Cervus ramosus from Anvergne in the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, 

 and the magnificent pair of antlers from the Yal d'Arno in the Geo- 

 logical Museum at Florence, termed Cervus dicranios by Nesti, 

 which has not as yet been accurately determined, and many others, 

 among which the folio wing series of antlers deserves a prominent 

 place from their perfection and their number, and the light they 

 throw on the variation in antler-form in proportion to age. 



Cervus tetraceros, Dawkins. (Figs. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17.) 



C. ietracroceros, Bravard, MSS. 



The seven shed antlers bearing these names in the British Mu- 

 seum were derived from the Pliocene strata of Peyrolles in the 

 Puy de Dome, and are remarkable not merely from their forms, but 

 for their fine state of preservation. 



They possess respectively two, three, and four tynes, and evi- 

 dently follow the usual rule of the development of tynes in the 

 Cervidse, in which the first appears in the second year, and the rest 

 en suite. They belong therefore to animals four, five, and six 

 years old. The two-year old animal probably possessed a simple 

 styliform antler, while at three years a brow-tyne appeared, as is 



* 27 inches, following curvature. 



