108 



MASTODON AND ELEPHANT. 



Length of the great trochanter 



Width of the great trochanter 



(The small trochanter is faintly expressed.) 



Circumference of the neck of the bone 



Superior line from the articulating surface to the trochanter . . . . 



Inferior line of the neck, viz. from the articulating surface to the upper ex- 

 tremity of the trochanter minor ........ 



Articulating surface of the head of the bone transversely . 



Articulating surface of the head of the bone antero-posteriorly 



Inferior articulating surface transversely 



Transverse diameter of the articulating surface of the internal condyle . 

 Antero-posterior diameter of the articulating surface of the internal condyle 

 Transverse diameter of the articulating surface of the external condyle . 

 Antero-posterior diameter of the articulating surface of the external condyle . 



Patellar articulating surface transversely 



Patellar articulating surface, from above downwards 



MASTODON. ELEPHANT. 



Inches. 



Inches. 



11 . 



• 121 



8 . 



• 91 



14* • 



. 15i 



31 ■ 



. 5 



7 . 





91 



z> 2 





10 . 





n ■ 



. 8 



3| . 



• 4i 



8 . 



. 8 



3| • 



• 3| 



6* • 



• 5| 



61 • 



• 4i 



6 . 



. 4 



The femur does not present any material difference in its form, except- 

 ing that the internal condyle is curved inwards towards the other knee 

 more than in the large skeleton or the Elephant. 



PATELLA. 



Circumference outside of the articulation . 



From above downwards, exterior to the articulation 



14 

 10 



141 



The articulating surface, from the juxtaposition of the bones, could 

 not be measured. The bone is prominent, and rounded as in the large 

 skeleton. 



TIBIA 



Length of the internal edge 

 Circumference above 

 Circumference, middle 

 Circumference below 



20i . 



. 25 



20i . 



• 22| 



10 . 



. 10 



161 . 



. 18 



