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Note on the Cervus Elaphus. 



[No. 117. 



Dimensions. 



Scull. — Extreme length, along the curve, to upper edge 



of foramen magnum, 



Do. do. to central jut of transverse crest, 



The same, by rectilinear measure, like all the measures 



that follow, ... 

 Symp. maxill. to anteal base of the horn, 

 Symph. maxill. to tips of nasals. 

 Length of the nasals, 

 Greatest breadth of nasals, 

 Length of fro ntals, 

 Greatest vridth of do., between outer edges of orbits, 



Greatest width between outer edges of molar teeth, 



Greatest width of occiput, 



Greatest depth of do. from mesial point of crest to infe- 

 rior edge of condyle of foramen. 



Length of the intermaxillaries, ... 



Greatest width between them, ... 



Greatest height of scull from frontal crest to inferior, or 

 coronal, edge of first molar tooth, ... 

 Horns, — Greatest length, along the curve, 



Girth above the burr, ... 



Girth between 1st and 2nd basal antlers, 



Greatest divergency between outer terminal snags, 



Interval between inner terminal snags,... 



Length of the basal antler. 



Length of the median antler, ... 



Length of the superior (outer) antler, ... 



Nearest basal interval of the horns. 

 The spoils above measured belonged to an animal of moderate age, 

 being rather young than old, as is proved by the distinctness of the 

 cranial sutures, and of the coronal processes of the teeth ; and, by 

 comparison with the sculls of several mature and large specimens of the 

 Sambur or Jarai, I find the scull of the above to exceed them in size in 

 the proportion of about an eighth, whilst the horns surpass the finest 

 specimens of those of the Sambur by two-fifths. The scull is further 



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