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SECOND WALL CASE, RIGHT. — Remains of the huge 
birds of New Zealand belonging chiefly to the genus Dinorius, 
which has recently become extinct. A complete skeleton of one 
is shown, also leg bones of several species whose limbs rival in 
size and strength those of a horse. Casts of eggs of this and 
an allied genus, that of the latter having a capacity of two gal- 
lons, are shown. 
SECOND WALL CASE, LEFT.— Fossil vertebrates more 
or less contemporaneous with Man. Perfectly preserved lower 
jaw with teeth, also other bones, of Mastodon from Morocco, 
Indiana. Skulls of fossil Bison and Musk Ox from Alaska. 
Limb bones and teeth of Hippopotamus and Bison from En- 
gland, showing that these animals lived in England in compar- 
atively recent times. 
Skull of Ursus spelaeus or cave bear. This was a bear of 
great size, frequently not less than nine feet in length, the re- 
mains of which are found in Europe in caves with human bones. 
It was 'evidently contemporaneous with early man, but has been 
extinct since historical times. 
Remains of Homo sapiens, or man, found in a cave on the 
island of Crete — probably very ancient. Casts of the Neander- 
thal and Engis skulls, the former of which has given rise to 
much discussion because of its flattened form. This has been 
held by some to prove that early man was a being intermediate 
between man and the ape. The skull has, however, about the 
average human brain capacity. 
FLOOR OF HALL. — Restoration of a skeleton of Dino- 
ceras, from Wyoming. This was a five-toed Ungulate of ele- 
phantine size, though it had no proboscis, and was probably like 
the rhinoceros in its habits. It is marked by three pairs of 
protuberances on its skull which probably bore horns. In spite 
of the size of the animal its brain capacity was very small — 
only one-eighth that of a modern horse, as shown by a cast in 
an adjoining case. 
Restoration of Glyptodon clamp es. This was a giant Eden- 
tate, allied to the Armadillo. It existed during Quaternary 
times in South America. The specimen is 10 feet in length, 
and its carapace alone had a length of 5 feet. 
