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Viewed from above (Fig. 2.) the contrasted proportions of the 

 cranium and face are well exhibited. The muzzle is shori. The canine 

 region of the maxillaries swells greatly out in the bulge of the alveoli, and 

 between it and the malars, the infra-orbitary hollow is more abrupt and 

 deeper than generally holds in the large Felince. The nasals are short and 

 broad. The brow is wide. The intra-orbitary region of the frontal is 

 marked by a deep longitudinal hollow. The post-orbitary processes of the 

 frontal and malars are blunt and little projecting. The post-orbitary ridges 

 of the frontal meet at a very acute angle, leaving between them a well 

 defined and narrow furrow. The length and prominence of the sagittal 

 crest and the height of the occipital crest are strongly apparent. The 

 parietals are seen to bulge out little towards their upper margin, but 

 considerably towards the temporals. 



Our means for comparison of the fossil with most of the large Felines 

 are restricted to the figures in the Ossemens Fossiles, which however are 

 so perfect and characteristic, as to admit of the chief marks of distinction 

 being very readily seized. Of all the large species, the specimen most 

 closely resembles the Tiger, although considerably smaller in size and 

 perfectly distinct otherwise. The chief points of resemblance in both, are 

 the great developement of the sagittal and occipital crests ; the considerable 

 surface of the occipital ; the moderate convexity of the brow and face ; 

 and the elevated position of the zygomatic arches and the outline of their 

 inferior margin. To exhibit the peculiarities of the fossil we shall now give 

 its dimensions in juxta-position with those of tw6 of the largest sized Tigers, 

 killed in the forests near Selidrmipur, and of a younger animal almost 

 exactly of the size of the fossil. The amount of wearing in the cheek teeth, 



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