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] 249. The last molar of the left side of the lower jaw of the Microtherium 

 Renggeri. 



From the freshwater tertiary deposits of Weisenau. 



Presented by M. Hermann von Meyer. 



1250. The left astragalus of the Microtherium Renggeri. 



From the freshwater tertiary deposits of Weisenau. 



Presented by M. Hermann von Meyer. 



The remains of the above singular extinct European Cervine animal, 

 which did not exceed the Javan Pigmy Musk-deer in size, offer a re- 

 markable contrast to those of the extinct gigantic Antelope of India, 

 which next follow. 



Genus Sivatherium. 



1251. The last molar tooth, right side, lower jaw, of the Sivatherium gigan- 

 teum, Falconer and Cautley. Presented by the Rev. R. Everest, M.A. 



1252. A mutilated cervical vertebra of the Sivatherium gigantemn, wanting the 

 articular processes of the right side and the spine, but with the anterior 

 convex and posterior concave articular extremities of the body beautifully 

 entire. 



From the tertiary deposits of the Sewalik or Sub-Himalayan Hills. 



Presented by Walter Ewer, Esq., F.R.S. 



1253. The right astragalus of the Sivatherium giganteum. The outer division of 



the tibial trochlea is broader than in the astragalus of the Deer, but the 

 bone closely conforms to the Ruminant type. 

 From the tertiary deposits of the Sewalik Hills. 



Presented by JValter Ewer, Esq., F.R.S. 



The gigantic extinct Ruminant, to which its discoverers, Dr. Falconer 

 and Captain Cautley, have assigned the name Sivatherium, had four horns, 

 two anterior, short, conical and straight, rising from the interorbital 

 space, and two very large, broad, compressed, continued from the posterior 



