352 Mr. C. W. Andrews on Remains of Birds 



This discovery was of the greatest interest to archaeologists, 

 and^ thanks to the energetic action of Mr. Bulleid and others, 

 extensive excavations have been carried out, resulting in the 

 discovery of the remains of sixty or seventy dwellings, and of 

 many utensils and ornaments of various kinds, as well as of 

 bones of man and of numerous wild and dom.estic mammals 

 and birds. 



The various remains thus unearthed have been described 

 in several journals*; and it is generally agreed that the 

 village in question was a Celtic settlement dating from shortly 

 before the Roman occupation. 



A considerable number of the remains of mammals and 

 birds have already been determined by Prof. Boyd Dawkius, 

 F.R.S, Omitting the domestic forms, his list includes the 

 following : — 



Mammals. Birds. 



Felis catus ferus. Crane. 



Lutra vulgaris. Swan. 



Canis lupus. . Heron. 



8us scrofa ferus. Diver. 



Castor Jiber. Mallard. 



Cervus elajjJius. Grebe. 



capreolus. 



Arvicola amphibius. 



Some time ago I received from Mr. Bulleid for determi- 

 nation a quantity of bird-remains and a few mammal-bones 

 which enable me to add several species to this list. One of 

 the birds, Pelecaniis crisjjus, is specially interesting because 

 at the present day it does not occur in North-western 

 Europe f. 



* See paper by Arthur Bulleid in Proceedings of the Somersetshire 

 Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1894, also an abstract of an 

 address delivered by Prof. Bovd Dawkius at the Nottiugham meeting of 

 the British Association, 1893, printed in ' Natural Science,' vol. iii. (1893), 

 p. 3^4. These and several other papers dealing with the subject have been 

 reprinted in a pamphlet issued by the Glastonbury Antiquarian Society 

 (published by Baruicott & Pearce, Taunton, 1896). 



t [According to Mr. A. C. Chapman, the Pelican is still to be found 

 wild in West Jutland. See Ibis, 1894, p. 348.— Edd.] 



