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when compared with the living species, it agrees in the greater relative 

 length of the beam and the simpler palmation of the antlers, of which 

 some good examples are figured by Professor Dawkins in the monograph 

 cited. 



Distribution. — Europe, in the Lower Plistocene epoch, the known 

 remains having been obtained from the Norfolk forest-bed and Thuringia. 



3. Scott's Elk — Alces scotti [Extinct] 



Ccrvi/s (Wiericanus, Harlan, Fauna Americana, p. 245 (1825), nec 

 Erxleben, 1777. 



Cerva/ces americanus? Scott, Proc. Ac. Philadelphia, 1885, p. 181. 

 Characters. — Beam of antlers relatively much longer than in A. machlis, 

 and palmation smaller and more distinctly divided into an anterior and 



Fig. 14. — Skull and Antlers of Scott's Extinct Elk from the Plistocene of North America. 



After Dr. W. B. Scott. 



posterior branch, with two outwardly directed snags near their line of 

 division. Nasals longer, and the premaxilhe extending upwards to unite 

 with them. 



Distribution. — North America, in the Plistocene period. Although this 

 i*- undoubtedly a more generalised form, I see no reason for separating it 

 gcnerically from the existing elk. The outward direction of the beam of 

 the antlers shows that there is no approximation to Cervus. 



1 This species requires a new name, Cervus atnericanus being preoccupied. 



