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PLEISTOCENE MAMMALIA. 



strongly interlock. The manus has the normal Ruminant feature of the union 

 metacarpals 3 and 4 to form the cannon-bone. The Irish Giant Deer belongs to the 



a 



■ CL 



B 



i 



nffih 



te 



FlG. 24. — A Left radio-ulna seen from right side ; B the same seen from in front: \ natural size. From Rock- 

 barton, Kilmallock, Limerick (Nat. Mus., Dublin). a, olecranon ; b, surface for articulation witb trochlea : C, 

 proximal end of radius ; (I, distal end of radius ; e, distal end of ulna. 



plesiometacarpal section of the Cervidse, in which the proximal part of the second 

 and fifth metacarpals persists in the form of a short splint. Distallv the second 

 and fifth digits are represented by the full series of three small phalanges. 



