358 On Reniai?is of Birds from Glastonbury. 



lu many cases it is impossible to determine Ducks from 

 isolated bones, and in the following list species about which 

 there is any doubt are marked with a note of interrogation : — • 



Cygnus musicus. ? Spatula clypeata. 



Anser, sp. indet. ? Mareca penelope. 



Anas boscas. Fuligula cristata. 

 ? Clangula glaiicion. marila. 



Querquedula crecca. Mergiis senator. 



? Dafila acuta. 



PuFFiNUSj sp. indet. 

 Humerus. 



Grus. Common Crane. 



Skull (wanting only quadrates and bones of palate), 

 mandible, and many limb-bones. 



FULICA ATRA L. 



Very numerous bones, including pelves and sterna. 



Crex. Corn-Crake. 



Left humerus and portion of right tibia. 



Tachybaptes fluviatilis (Tunst.). Little Grebe. 

 Right humerus. 



This assemblage of species indicates the existence of a 

 district of marsh and mere, haunted by flocks of Pelicans 

 and Cranes, and in winter by swarms of wild fowl, which 

 furnished the inhabitants of the pile-dwellings with food. 

 Probably the birds were killed with the sling, for great 

 quantities of pellets of clay, well adapted for use with that 

 instrument, have been found. From time to time a stray 

 sea-bird made its way to the spot, and the White-tailed. 

 Sea-Eagle, no doubt, found there a good hunting-ground. 



The mammals cannot be noticed here in detail, but many 

 of them likewise are aquatic. The collection includes 

 remains of 



Lutra vulgaris. 

 Mustela niartes. 



putorius. 



Felis catus. 



Castor fiber. 

 Arvicola amphibius. 



agrestis. 



Erinaceus europjeus. 



