VERTEBRATA AT VERO. 
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It will be seen that the fossil bone is relatively slenderer than 
that of the existing deer. Possibly the fossil bone was that of a doe. 
Another bone, No. 7766, is that of an adult, but it is much 
smaller than the bone just described. The fore-and-aft diameter 
at the middle of the length is 14 mm.; the side-to-side diameter, 
13 mm.; the width across the lower articulation, 25 mm. 
The bones of one pelvis have already been described. There is 
among the lot from station 19 a considerable part of the ischial 
portion of the right innominatum, which may belong with the one 
above described; but some bone is missing and contact is made 
impossible. From the same locality is another quite complete left 
innominatum. 
The writer has seen only one complete femur of a deer from 
Vero, No. 5896; from stratum No. 3, north bank, east of the bridge. 
It appears to present no peculiar features; neither do the fragments 
of the other femora. 
Several tibiae are represented by the distal end of the bones, but 
they show nothing distinctive. The same remark applies to the 
various bones present of the front and hinder feet. 
There are present from No. 3 a beautifully preserved left hinder 
cannon bone, No. 6767, and the proximal end of one of the right 
side. Besides these, there has been sent one of the. right side, No. 
5195, whose stratum is not known and which lacks the epiphysis. 
As this and No. 6767 show some differences in proportions their 
measurements are here given, together with those of the same bone 
of O. virginianus. 
MEASUREMENTS OF HINDER CANNON BONES IN MILLIMETERS. 
* 
Length to suture for epiphysis _ 
No. 6767 
212 
No. 5195 
225 
O. virgin¬ 
ianus 
210 
Total length (5195 estimated) 
230 
244 
231 
Width of upper articulatory surface 
- — 25 
22 
26.5 
Fore-and-aft diameter at middle of length 
20.5 
18 
19 
Side-to-side diameter at middle of length 
16 
15 
16.8 
Width at suture for epiphysis 
- - 29 
. 27 
30 
Width of distal articulatory surfaces 
29 
271 
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It will be observed that No. 5195 is a longer bone than either of 
the others, but all the transverse measurements are less. The fore- 
and-aft diameter at middle of the length in 5195 is but little more 
