THE BEAR. 13 
bones from the “refuse heaps” round Colchester 
made by Dr. Bree, the remains of this animal were 
found along with those of the Badger, Wolf, Celtic 
Shorthorn, and Goat. Professor Boyd Dawkins has 
also met with it in a similar “refuse heap” at Rich- 
mond, in Yorkshire, which is most probably of 
Roman origin. 
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CRANIUM OF BROWN BEAR, DUMFRIESSHIRE. 
Dr. J. A. Smith has described and figured* the 
skull of a large Bear which was found with a rib of 
the same animal in a semi-fossil condition at Shaws, 
in Dumfriesshire, in peat moss lying on marl, among 
the most recent of all our formations, associated 
moreover with the Red-deer, Roe-buck, Urus, and 
Reindeer; the skull being that of a large adult 
animal of great size and strength.t Strange to say, 
these are the only remains of the Bear which have 
yet been discovered in Scotland. 
As regards Ireland, some’ doubt seems to exist in 
the minds of palzontologists whether any of the 
ursine remains discovered there are referable to 
* “ Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scotland,” vol. xiii. p, 360 (1879). 
t+ For permission to copy the figure of this skull the author is 
indebted to Dr. J. A. Smith and the Society above referred to. 
