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The additional species added since tliis table was published are : — 



42. The Mouse, M. sylvaticus. A single specimen, from Eo- 

 benhausen. Our common house-mice and rats seem to have been un- 

 known, and even this species is at present represented by but a sLugle 

 specimen. 



43. The Hare, Lepus timidus. Of this species only a single 

 bone has yet occurred. It was found at Moosseedorf. It is very 

 remarkable that any nation should have eaten the Fox and spared 

 the Hare, and nothing but a feeling of superstition can account for 

 such an anomaly, which, however, accords weU with the entire absence 

 of the Hare from the Kj5kkenmoddings of Denmark. 



44. The Chamois, Antilope rupicapra. This species is represented 

 by a piece of skull from Eobenhausen. 



45. A second race of domestic Oxen. 



46. The Ass. 



The additional birds which have been discovered are : — 



Aquila fulva, Meyer. The Golden Eagle. At Eobenhausen. 

 Aquila haliaetus. A single bone found at Moosseedorf is rather 



doubtfully referred to this species by M. Eutimeyer. 

 Strix alves. From Concise. 

 Sturnus vulgaris. „ Eobenhausen. 

 Cinclus aquatinus „ 



Tetrao bonasia „ 



Ciconia alba. Not unfrequent at Moosseedorf and Eobenhausen. 

 Fulica atra. Eobenhausen. 



Larus. Sp. in „ 



Cygnus musicus. „ 



Ajiser segetum. „ 



Tlie additional species of fish are : — 



Perca fluviatilis. Eobenhausen. 



Scardinius erythropthalmus. „ 



Chondrostoma nasus. „ 



Lota vidgaris. „ 



And one or two species belonging to the genus Squaliua. 

 The common Mouse and our two House-rats, as well as the domestic 

 Cat and the Barndoor-fowl are absent from the Lake-habitations of 

 Switzerland as from the Kjokkenmoddings of Denmark; at least Prof. 

 Eiitimeyer attributes to a later period a single bone of the latter which 

 was found at Merges, a settlement belonging to the Bronze period. 



The bones of the Stag and the Wild Boar often indicate animals 

 of an unusual magnitude, whUe on the other hand the Fox appears to 

 have been somewhat smaller than at present. 



The Dogs varied less than at present, in fact they aU belong to one 

 variety, which was of middle size, and appears to have resembled our 

 present Beagles. (M. Eiitimeyer describes it as " resembling the Jagd- 

 hund" and the " "Wachtelhund.") 



The Sheep of the Stone period differed from the ordinary form, in 

 its small size, fine legs, and short, goat-like horns : particulars, 

 in which it is nearly resembled by, some northern, and mountaia 



