338 ON THF FOSSIL TIGER 



and tlie condition of ttie sutures prove that the fossil was full grown 

 although not ag>^° 



FossilTiger. 



Largest 

 Tiger No. 1. 



LargeTiger 

 No. 2. 



English 

 Inches. 



French 

 Metre. 



English 

 Inches. 



French 

 Metre. 



English 

 Inches. 



French 

 Metre. 



10.9 



.278 



14.1 



.358 



13.1 



.333 



9.0 



.228 



11.7 



.298 



10.8 



.274 



8.0 



.203 



9.55 



.242 



10.0 



.2.53 



. . 



— 



6.3 



.180 



5.9 



.149 



9.2 



,233 



12.4 



.314 



11.85 



.300 



6.0 



.153 



7.5 





i . yj 





4.9 



.124 



6.6 



.168 



6.1 



.156 



4.1 



.103 



4.2 



.106 



4.2 



.106 



2.2 



.055 



2.3 



.058 



2.45 



.062 







1.15 



.029 



1.25 



.031 







0.8 



.020 



0.8 



.020 







4.6 



.117 



4.25 



.108 



3.0 



.076 



3.7 



.093 



3.5 



.088 



2.2 



.055 



2.32 



.059 



2.2 



.056 



4.5 



.114 



5.4 



.138 



5.6 



.142 



0.75 



.018 



0.7 



.017 



0.7 



.017 



0.3 



.007 



0.4 



.010 



0.375 



.094 



2.8 



.071 



4.2 



.106 



4.1 



.104 



1.5 



.038 



1.4 



.035 



1.375 



.034 



3.1 



.078 



4.2 



.106 



3.65 



.092 



2.9 



.073 



3.6 



.090 



2.9 



.073 



10. 



11. 



12. 



.13. 



14. 

 15. 

 16. 

 17. 

 38. 

 J 9. 

 20. 



21. 



Extreme length from occipital crest to \ 



alv eoli of the incisors, | 



Ditto from anterior margin occipital fora- \ 



men to ditto, S 



Extreme breadth of head at zygomatic! 



arches, j 



From posterior border of palate to the) 



alveoli of the incisors, j 



From anterior margin of nasals to occipital 



crest, 



From border of post-orbitary process to ditto, 



From ditto to the alveoli of incisors, 



Extreme height from base of occipital for- \ 



amen to occipital crest, ^ 



Width between outer surfaces of occipital ) 



condyles, j 



Ditto of occipital foramen, 



Height of ditto, , „ 



Ditto of cranium from middle of frontal to ) 



the palatine arch, S 



Breadth on maxillaries between the canines ( 



and molars, i 



Extreme length of 2d and 3d molar, 



Breadth of maxillaries to rear of carnassier, 



Depth of infra-orbitary foramen, 



Width of ditto, 



Length of the nasal bones, 



Length of carnassier tooth, 



Width of frontal between the post-orbitary 1 



apophysis, 3 



Length from frontal angle to base of the nasals 



We shall now make a comparison of the peculiarities of the individual 

 hones of the head with those of the Tiger. This will make the points of 

 difference in the fossil more apparent. 



The dentition of the fossil is as is normal in th6 genus. There are six 

 alveoli for the incisors — the two outer of which are greatly larger than the 

 intermediate which are equal in size. The canines are broken off at their 



