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NOTICE OF THE MEGATHERIUM. 
Posterior Extremity. 
Breadth of Pelvis, in widest expansion ... 
Length of Femur, on inner side 
Circumference of head of femur 
“ of middle of ditto 
Length of Tibia 
Circumference of middle of hones of leg 
Length of hind-foot 
Breadth “ 
Length of Astragalus 
Breadth of “ 
Length of Oscalcis 
Length of Ungual phalanx of middle digit, hind foot. 
Circumference of ditto near middle 
Megatherium. 
Feet. Inches. 
Elephant. 
Feet. Inches. 
5 1 
3 8 
2 44 
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1 4 
2 2 
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1 10 
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1 1 
2 104 
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We have added in the following pages a few words in relation to each of the ten bronze statues 
of Edentate animals which cap the posts of the railing that surrounds the great skeleton. They are, 
in the order in which they stand, the Pichiciego, Armadillo, Aard-Yark, Sloth, Mylodon, Little Ant- 
eater, Great Ant-eater, Phatagin — or Long-tailed Mavis — , Glyptodon, and Megalonyx. 
