. Palaeontological memoirs and notes of H. Falconer, with a biographical sketch of the author . from Burmah,sent by Dr. Oldham to Dr. Falconer. The figures are copiedfrom drawings made by Mr. Dinkel for Dr. Falconer, and areone-third of the natural size. The palate sui-face shows the twolast premolars and the two first true molars: a, cavity for ante-rior lobe of cerebrum ; b b, frontal bones ; c c, foramen in centreof frontal bone; d d, nasal bones ; /, suture between nasal andmaxUlaiy bone ; g g, maxiUary bones. (See page 147.) FiofS. 8 to 11. Fragments of fossil Ehinoceros bones from the Ni
. Palaeontological memoirs and notes of H. Falconer, with a biographical sketch of the author . from Burmah,sent by Dr. Oldham to Dr. Falconer. The figures are copiedfrom drawings made by Mr. Dinkel for Dr. Falconer, and areone-third of the natural size. The palate sui-face shows the twolast premolars and the two first true molars: a, cavity for ante-rior lobe of cerebrum ; b b, frontal bones ; c c, foramen in centreof frontal bone; d d, nasal bones ; /, suture between nasal andmaxUlaiy bone ; g g, maxiUary bones. (See page 147.) FiofS. 8 to 11. Fragments of fossil Ehinoceros bones from the Niti Passin Tibet, one-fourth of the natural size. Copied from drawingsby Mr. George in Plate LXXVI. of the Fauna Antiqua Siva-lensis. Figs. 3, 5, and 8 represent a fragment of the scapula,including the glenoid cavity and coracoid process; fig. 4 is afragment of the left hiunerus near upper end ; figs. 6 and 7 re-present another fragment of a humerus; and figs. 9, 10, and 11show a fragment of the lower end of a femur. The specimensare in the British Museum. (See pages 177 & 517.) VOL. Jimkelfe George aaj, 1, 2. Merycapotazmis iLSsnnOis, dram. Possdl Ehiaoceros, froml>, m Tibet. WrWesLinj. FOSSIL EHINOCEROS OF TIBET. 179 of a ruminant with the pedicles of a couple of horns attachedto the frontal. The saliency of the occipital crest, the sweepof the parietals and the position of the horn pedicles showthat it belongs to the Cervine group of the family. But nothaving the letter-press to refer to, and in ignorance of thescale of dimensions on which the figure is drsuwn, it wereuseless to hazard or guess about the affinities of thespecies. Fig. 2 of the same plate represents the left line of molarsof the upper jaw of a ruminant. Judging from the figure,which shows no internal pillar between the barrels of themolar, the specimen belongs to the Caprine group. In Captain Cautleys collection there is a specimen of thearticulating head of the lo
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