THE GIANT DEER. 



43 



b \ -i 



k- 



A 



B 



-9 



Fig. 25. — A Left manus seen from in front, and B left pes 

 anterolateral view of the female skeleton from " Ireland " 

 in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) ; \ natural size. A a, 

 radius ; b, scaphoid ; c, lunar; d, cuneiform ; e, magnum 

 trapezoid; /, unciform ; </, 3rd and 4th metacarpals fused : 

 h, proximal phalanx of 3rd digit; ?', ungual phalanx of 4th 

 digit. B k, tibia; I, fibula ; m, calcaneum ; n, astragalus; 

 o, navicular portion of naviculo-cuboid ; /), cuboid portion 

 of naviculo-cuboid ; q, external cuneiform ; r. 3rd and 4th 

 metatarsals fused; s, proximal phalanx of 3rd digit; t, 

 ungual phalanx of 4th digit ; U, sesamoid bone. 



Fig. 26. — A Left manus and B left pes, of the skeleton 

 from Ireland in the Museum at Selehurst, Horsham (Capt. 

 W. W. Otter), antero-lateral view, a, 3rd and 4th meta- 

 carpals (or metatarsals), fused; b, vestige of proximal end 

 of 5th digit ; c, sesamoid bone ; d, ungual phalanx of 5th 

 digit : e, proximal phalanx of 5th digit. 



Table OF Measurements. 





Skeleton from Ennisoorthy 



Rockbarton, Kilmftllock, 





Serign ick .Mus., 



Limerick, 254, L904 





Cambridge) 



(Nat. Mus , Dublin) 



Hum ehus. 







1. Extreme length .... 



41-35 



40-3 



2. Maximum transverse diameter at distal 







end ...... 



1(1-15 



9-8 



3. Antero -posterior diameter of shaft at 







highest point in deltoid ridge . 



6-9 



9-66 



Radius. 







1. Extreme length . . . . 



37-7 



38-45 



2. Width at proximal end 



10-2 



LO-05 



3. Width at distal end 



10-05 



9-05 



Ulna. 







1. Length (not measured along curvature) 



48-7 



17-2 



