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collection, figured herewith. Plate XLVIL. There is no record of the 
collector, though I doubt not they were obtained by Judge West, 
who rarely attached his name to the specimens in the collection. 
They have the following label, in Judge West’s handwriting: ‘‘From 
the loess near Kansas City, fifty feet from surface,” and are accom- 
panied by several skulls of Geomys bursarius, ail of which are partly 
enclosed in an exceedingly hard matrix. Possibly the moose is 
Cervalces americanus, of which I can find no adequate description of 
the dentition. The teeth are larger than are the largest speci- 
mens of the living moose in our collection, obtained by Professor 
Dyche. The upper molars differ especially in the presence of a 
prominent tooth-like process or projection near the base of the pre- 
molars on the outer side posteriorly, and which encloses a cavity 
between it and the tooth. It is largest on the second premolar, and 
is represented by a rudiment on the first true molar at the base of 
the strong middle column. In addition, the second and third pre 
molars differ markedly in the much stouter anterior column ex-— 
teriorly, which is dilated and turned backwards, and which would 
give, when worn, a T-shaped surface. The first and second upper 
molars have a small, tooth-like process in the valley internally. If 
the species is not C. americanus, it must be distinct from any hitherto 
described. 
Equus major: So far as I am aware, the only occurrence of this 
species in Kansas, is from the vicinity of McPherson, associated 
with Megalonys leidyt. The determination is by Cope. 
Equus occidentalis: Several teeth from Blutfi creek, Clark county, 
agree perfectly with the figures and descriptions of this species 
given by Cope. 
Equus excelsus: A complete upper dentition, agreeing quite with 
this species, was found in the Elephas deposit in Lane county before 
mentioned, by Sternberg. 
Platygonus compressus: The skeletons of peccary obtained from 
near Goodland in this state Iam more and more inclined to identify 
with this species, notwithstanding the differences they present. If 
the species is conupressus, it is very important in the correlation of 
the Megalonyx and Equus beds. 
Camelops kansanus: This species, described in 1856 from the 
