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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



3. COLLECTION FROM CAVETOWN, MARYLAND. 



In 1908 ^ Dr. Charles Peabody publislied a paper on the Explora- 

 tion of Bushey Cavern, near Cavetown, Maryland. This village is 

 situated in Washington County, about 8 miles east of Hagerstown. 

 In the account Dr. Peabody mentioned the fact that immediately 

 south of the cavern was a large limestone quarry. On page 12 he 

 stated that in the red earth of this quarry were observed many fossil- 

 ized or semifossilized animal bones, and that among these was one 

 which had been identified as probably Equus com2dlcatus. 



The bones which were collected have been sent to the writer for 

 study. They are much fractured and scattered, but are well fos- 

 silized. The following species have been identified. Those preceded 

 by the dagger are extinct. 



LIST OF SPECIES. 



Crotalus honndus. 

 \Equus coTnplicatns. 

 \ Equus giganteus? 

 \Mylohyus nasutus. 

 f J/, exortivus. 

 \M. ohtusidens, new species. 

 f Platygonus te tragonus ? 

 \P. vetusf 



\P. Cumberland ensis. 

 \SaMgamona fugitiva. 



Odocoileus virginianus. 

 \Elephas colmnbif 

 \Sciums tenuidens, new species. 



S. Midsonicus. 

 S. carolinensis. 

 Marmota monax. 

 Castor canadensis. 

 Ondatra zibethica. 

 Neoioma magister. 

 Microtus pennsylv aniens. 

 Erethizon dorsatum. 

 Sylvilagus floridanus. 

 Ursus americanus. 

 \SniUodo7itopsis mooreheadi, new 



species. 

 Felis couguar. 



Of the 25 species of this list it will be observed that 12 are extinct. 

 This large percentage of species no longer in existence and the geo- 

 logical history of some of them, as the horses, the peccaries, and the 

 saber-tooth tigers, indicate that the time of their existence was some- 

 where about the middle of the Pleistocene. 



Through the liberality of the Board of Trustees of Phillips Acad- 

 emy this collection has become the property of the United States 

 National Museum. 



Family CROTALIDAE. 



CROTALUS HORRIDUS Linnaeus. 



In the collection from Cavetown there are two crotalid vertebrae 

 which appear to be identical with vertebrae of Crotalus horndus. 

 The catalogue number is 9157. 



Bull. 4, Archaeol. Phillips Acad., pp. 1-2. 



