|R. D. Soc. |U. of Edin.| Moose HEAD. | Ft. In. | Ft. In. | Ft. In. | | | Length of the head, | 1 8½ | 1 8¼ | Breadth of the skull between | | | the orbits. | 0 10½ | 0 9 | Do. of skull at the occiput, | 0 8 | | Diameter of the orbit, | 0 2⅜ | 0 2½ | Distance between infra orbitar | | | holes across the skull, | 0 7 | | Length of alveolar processes | | | of the upper jaw, | 0 6 | 0 6 | Length of lower jaw, | 1 5½ | 0 3½ | Diam. of foramen magnum, | 0 2 | | | | | HORNS. | | | | | | Distance between the extreme | | | tips, measured by the skull, | 11 10 | | Ditto, in a straight line | | | across, | 9 2 | 6 8 | 3 7 Length of each horn, | 5 9 | 5 1 | Greatest breadth of the palm, | 2 10 | | Length of the beam, | 1 9 | | 0 6½ Ditto of brow antler, | 0 8¾ | | Ditto of sur-antler, | 1 4 | | Circumference of the beam | | | at root of brow antler, | 1 0¾ | | 0 7½ | | | BODY. | | | | | | Length of spine, | 10 10 | 9 8 | Ditto of sternum, | 2 4 | | Height to the upper extremity | | | of the dorsal spines, | 6 6 | | Ditto to the highest point | | | of the tip of the horn, | 10 4 | | | | | EXTREMITIES. | | | | | | Greatest length of the scapula,| 1 6½ | | Ditto breadth at the base, | 0 10¾ | | Ditto depth of its spine, | 0 2¾ | | Length of the humerus, | 1 4 | 1 3½ | Ditto of ulna and radius, | 1 8 | 1 6 | Ditto of carpus, | 0 2¾ | 0 2 | Circumference of do., | 0 9½ | | Length of metacarpus, | 1 0½ | 1 0½ | Length of phalanges, | 0 7 | 0 6½ | From anterior superior spine | | |