Palaeontological memoirs and notes of H. Falconer, with a biographical sketch of the author (1868) (14770398504)

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Title: Palaeontological memoirs and notes of H. Falconer, with a biographical sketch of the author
Year: 1868 (1860s)
Authors: Falconer, Hugh
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Publisher: London
Contributing Library: Natural History Museum Library, London
Digitizing Sponsor: Natural History Museum Library, London



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executed by Mr. Dinkel in accordance with an outlinedrawing found among Dr. Falconers papers. The separatespecimens are also figured in an unpublished Plate of the FaunaAntiqua Sivalensis. (See pages 280, 546, & 554.) Fig. 2. Lateral view of same skull as shown in fig. 1, one-fifth of thenatural size. Fi-. 3. Section of horn of same specimen, one-fifth of the natural size. Fig. 4. Fragment of cranium showing forehead, portion of right horn,and left horn-core of Bos Namadicus, one-tenth of the naturalsize. The specimen has been drawn by Mr. Dinkel from theoriginal in the British Museum (Cat. No. 39,760), and is alsofigured in an unpublished Plate of the F. A. S. (See pages287 & 545.) Fig. 5. Profile view of another cranium of Bos Namadicus, one-fifth ofthe natural size, drawn by Mr. Dinkel from the original in theBritish Museum. Cat. No. 39,758. (See pages 280 & 545.) Fig. 6. Section of horn oi Bos Namadicus, one-fifth of the natural size.(See pages 286 & 545.) VOL. I.
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BOVIDiE, CEEVIDiE, AND ANTILOPIDJE. 281 Dr. F. also refers to nnmerous remains of Cervus in his Cata-lo^e of the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal; and adescription with figures of vertebrae and antlers of the fossilElk of the Himalayah, by Lieut. Baker, but subsequentlyreferred to Sivatherium by Dr. Falconer (see page 273), willbe found in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengalfor September, 1835, vol. iv. p. 506. Another fossil speciesof Cervus from the valley of the Nerbudda was designated byDr. Falconer, Cervus Namadicus, but has not been described.Dr. Spilsbury, in his account of fossils found in the valley ofthe Nerbudda, refers to fragments of upper and lower jawsand teeth of deer. (See Journ. As. Soc. vol. x. p. 626.) The Sewalik fossils also included several species of Ante-lopes which were designated by Dr. Falconer A. Paloeindiea,A. gyricornis and A. picta, in a manuscript synopsis. Briefdescriptions of some of these Antelopes with figures, byMessrs. Baker and D