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lated antler is given off forwards ; and then the beam itself, which is but 

 little longer than the antler, turns backwards, to be again divided, or at 

 least to give off a second antler on its posterior part. A specimen of 

 this sort, from Etampes, which I purchased from the collection of Mr. 

 Strange, and which bears the description of ' A fossil horn of an animal 

 unknown to Dr. Hunter, is represented in pi. xx. fig. 3, the dotted 

 lines in continuation showing the manner in which the second antler 

 was given off." Mus. Parkinson. 



Subgenus Dama (Fallow Deer). 



The two following specimens, though included in the Hunterian series of 

 fossils, are not of the nature of fossilized organic remains. 



1238. The right and left metacarpal bones of the Fallow Deer [Cervus Dama). 



" Dug up in a nobleman's park." Hunterian. 



1239. The right and left metatarsal bones of the Fallow Deer (Cervus Dama). 



" Dug up in a nobleman's park." Hunterian. 



1240. The base of the antler, with the brow-antler, of a small species of Cervus. 



Locality unrecorded. Hunterian. 



Subgenus Capreolus (Roe). 



1241. The antlers and adherent portions of the skull of a Roebuck (Cervus 



Capreolus, Linn.). 



From the peat-field at Newbury, Berkshire. 



Presented by Gerard Smith, Esq. 



1242. The antlers of a young Roebuck. 



From the peat-field at Newbury, Berkshire. 



Presented by Gerard S?niih, Esq. 



It is most probable that antlers of the Roe are referred to under the 

 name of " Antelope" in the summary of the organic remains discovered 

 in the peat-bog at Newbury by Dr. Collet in his description of that forma- 

 tion in the ' Philosophical Transactions' for the year 1J57, P- 109. 



