THE GIANT DEER. 



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the tops of which merge into one another. The short transverse processes also merge. 

 The anterior tail-vertebrse have only rarely been obtained and the terminal vertebrae 

 have apparently never been found. 



e. The Ribs and Sternum (Text-fig. 21). 

 There are thirteen pairs of ribs, the anterior being rather wide and flattened. 



Fig. 21. — Sternum of the female skeleton from " Ireland " set up in the British .Museum (Nat. Hist.). £ natural 

 size, a, presternum ; b, first sternebra of mesosternum ; r, last stcrnebra of mesostcrnum ; d, xiphistcrnum ; e, 

 first sternal rib ; /, last sternal rib. The figure as drawn is somewhat foreshortened. 



f. The Shoulder Girdle (Text-fig. 22). 

 The scapula has a well-marked spine, but the acromion is not prominent. The 

 outline is nearly that of an isosceles triangle, as in Ruminants in general. 



Measurements of the Scapula. 



Skeleton from Enniscorthy 



(Sedgwick Mas., 



Cambridge). 



1 . Lengl h along line of spin 



2. Maximum width 



3. Width at neck. 



I:V(I1- 

 28-fi 

 7-1)5 



Rockbarton, Kilmallock, 



Limerick, 264, 1004 



(Nat. Mus., Dublin . 



