I.—Some Additions to the Vertebrate Fauna of the Norfolk “Preglacial Forest Bed” with Description of a New Species of Deer (Cervus Rectus)

Abstract

Vertebrate remains from the “Forest Bed” continue to be brought to light by the rapid denudation of the East Anglian coast, and I have again to acknowledge my indebtedness to Mr. A. Savin, of Cromer, whose assiduous collecting has preserved so many of these fossils, and made them available for scientific study. One of the specimens which he has now sent me is a species of Cervus, apparently new to science, while the others, although referable to living forms, are now for the first time definitely recorded from the “Forest Bed,” and if my determinations prove to be correct, the following names may be added to the list of Mammalia from this deposit:—Cervus rectus, new species.Bison bonasus, Linn., var. priscus, Bojanus (to replace Bos primigenius).