﻿URSUS. 



19 



B & 



Fig. 1.— A dorsal, B ventral view of a sacrum (No. 48827), from Brixham, preserved in the British 

 Museum ; a, neural spine ; b, foramen for exit of spinal nerve ; c, articular surface for ilium ; 

 d, anterior face of centrum of first sacral vertebra ; e, posterior face of centrum of third caudal or 

 pseudosacral vertebra ; /, ventral surface of centrum of first sacral vertebra ; <j, ventral surface of 

 centrum of first caudal or pseudosacral vertebra. 



d. The Shoulder Girdle. 



The scapula in bears (Text-fig. 2) does not present any features of special 

 interest. The British fossil specimens are almost invariably in a very frag- 

 mentary state. 



(4) Table op Measurements op the Scapula. 





U. horribilis, No. 



851 (R. Coll. of 

 Surgeons Mus.). 



V. arctos, No. 218 A 

 (Brit. Mus.). 



1. Length along line of spine measured from 



266 

 20-1 

 5-95 



8-35 



7-35 



31-85 

 23-8 

 61 



10-9 







4. Height from top of acromion to inner edge of 

 glenoid cavity 



5. Length from end of coracoid process to surface 





e. The Anterior Limb. 



The humerus (Text-fig. 3) has a strong deltoid ridge. A supra-condylar 

 foramen is not present. 



