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HI 9. The skull, mutilated anteriorly, and without the lower jaw, of the Bos 

 longifrons, O w en . 



This species belongs to the subgenus Bos, by the form of the forehead 

 and the origin of the horus from the extremities of the upper occipital 

 ridge, but is distinguished from the Bos primigenius by its much smaller 

 size, its much shorter horns in proportion to its size, and by its longer 

 and narrower forehead. The horns have a simple curvature forward, and 

 a little downward. 



From the freshwater deposits of shell-marl beneath a bog at Longford, 

 Ireland. Presented by the Earl of Enniskillen. 



1420. The calvarium and horn-cores of the Bos longifrons. 



" From a bog in Ireland." Hunterian. 



1421. A plaster-cast of part of the calvarium and horn-cores of the Bos longi- 

 frons. 



The original is from the shell-marl beneath a bog in Westmeath, Ire- 

 land, and has been described by Robert Ball, Esq., Secretary to the Zoo- 

 logical Society of Dublin, in the Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 

 for January 1839, as indicating " a variety or race differing very remark- 

 ably from any previously described in works with which the author was 

 acquainted." Presented by Robert Ball, Esq. 



1422. The left horn-core of the Bos longifrons. 



From beneath a peat moss or fen near the town of Hull. 



Presented by Arthur Aikin, Esq.., F.G.&. 



1423. The right humerus of the Bos longifrons. 



From beneath a bog at Longford, Ireland. 



Presented by the Earl of Emiiskillen. 



1424. The left iliac bone of the Bos longifrons. 



From beneath a bog at Longford, Ireland. 



Presented by the Earl of Enniskillen. 



1425. The left metatarsal bone of the Bos longifrons. 



From beneath a bog at Longford, Ireland. 



Presented by the Earl of Enniskillen. 



