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following raeasureraents for comparison ; but it is to be hoped that 

 he will publish a more detailed memoir. 



Only the best skull, viz., that of a full-grown stalliou, is 

 reproduced on Plate X. The following are the measurements of this 

 and of a mare, which will be of advantage for comparison with those 

 of the horses fi'om La Tene and other localities in continental 

 museums : — 



Male. Femalf.. 



Length of base of skull from foramen magnum 



to angle between inner incisors, . . . 442 mm. 464 mm. 



Greatest width between the post-orbital pro- 

 cesses of the frontal bones, . . . 189 185 



Greatest widtli between the two glenoid sur- 



. faces, 184 ,, 183 



Distance between foramen magnum and posterior 



line of junction of tlie palatines, . . 207 ,, 226 



