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THE SHAWANGI7NK HEAD. 



(See Plates XVI. XYIII. XIX.) 



The description of this very fine head is given, though not so minutely 

 as that of the head of the great skeleton, with a view to some peculiarities, 

 especially to the remarkable curve of the superior surface of the- face, and 



Discovery, the distinction of the bones by sutures in some of its parts. It was found 

 at a place called Scotchtown, in Orange County, in the State of Xew York, 

 a favorite habitation of the Mastodon. A few other bones were discovered 

 in the same place, but none of any importance ; and a search for the 

 remainder of the skeleton was fruitless. The strata covering it were, 

 1st, gravel ; 2d, marl ; 3c/, a layer of peat, " hard enough to be turned 

 in a lathe." 

 size. This magnificent head is remarkable for its size, whiteness, and the 



distinctness of its sutures. In size it is not exceeded by any Mastodon 



condition, head with which we are acquainted, and its state of preservation is nearly 

 as perfect as that of the head of an elephant recently prepared. It has 

 the same length and about the same breadth as the Dinotherium head of 

 Dr. Klipstein, a cast of which I measured in the collection at Darmstadt. 

 But the head of the Dinotherium is flatter than that of the Mastodon, and 



