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This type of antler is met with also in France. A specimen which I identified in the Museum at the Palais des Beaux Arts at Lyons, in 1873, was derived from the Pliocene strata of Montmerle (Aire), which, according to Dr. Lortet, are of the same age as those of Chagny. It is almost identical with fig. 8. This form of Deer, therefore, is common to the Pliocenes of Norfolk, Suffolk, and of Central France.

Affinities.—The Cervus suttonensis is, in its general form, closely allied to C. pardinensis, of which it may be a small breed or variety; but, considering the fragmentary nature of the specimens referable to it, I think it safe to keep the two series distinct and under different names. It belongs to the section of the Cervidæ now only found in the hot regions of Eastern Asia.

Cervus cylindroceros, Bravard, MSS.

C. gracilis, Bravard, MSS.

? C. ambiguus, Pomel, op. cit.

The two antlers described under this name were derived from Ardé, Puy de Dome, and are, so far as I know, without any figures or descriptions, the names merely being those attached to the specimens in the British Museum by their discoverer, M. Bravard. The name is selected because the antler to which it belongs is in a better state of preservation than the other, which is crushed and flattened.

Definition.—The antler of Cervus cylindroceros (fig. 11) is, like those of C. etueriarum, possessed of three tynes and a sigmoid curve; it is round and grooved. The pedicle is short ; burr (A) stout, and nearly at right angles to pedicle; brow-tyne (B) round and rising at a distance from the burr; brow-tyne fork nearly at right angles; second tyne (D) and third (C) with rounded tips; fork between them acute-angled and webbed. The third tyne is longer than the second. These characters are repeated in C. gracilis