66 EXTINCT BRITISH ANIMALS. 
Irish Acad.,” 1877, 2nd ser. vol. iii.*), remains of the 
Reindeer have been found in shell-marl under the 
Bog of Ballyguiry, near Dungarvan, co. Waterford ; 
in the mud of Lough Gur, co. Limerick ; and in clay 
under peat at Ballybetagh, near Kiltiernan,co. Dublin, 
where in 1847 the skull, horns, and lower jaw of a 
Reindeer were discovered by Mr. Moss. But the 
most remarkable discovery of remains of this animal 
in Ireland was that made in 1861, when a very 
perfect skull, with the antlers still attached, was 
found on the edge of the Curragh Bog, near Ash- 
bourne, co. Dublin. This was brought to the notice 
of the Royal Dublin Society by Dr. Carte in 1863, 
and is regarded as the finest specimen of Reindeer 
which has yet been found in a fossil state.t 
Dr. Carte has also noticed three antlers, found at 
Coonagh, on the south side of the Shannon, in co. 
Clare. A large number of remains, representing at 
least thirty-five individuals, were found in Shandon 
Cave, near Dungarvan, associated with the bones of 
other animals.t These specimens have all been 
’ preserved, either in the museum of Trinity College, 
or in the Museum of Science and Art, Dublin; and 
a noteworthy character of the horns is the uniformity 
of the beam, which is slender and round, as in 
English specimens and in the existing Reindeer of 
* See also a paper by the same author on ‘ Recent and Extinct 
Irish Mammals,’ “ Proc. Roy. Dub. Soc.,” March, 1878. 
+ Carte, “Journ. Geol. Soc. Dub.,” vol. x., p. 103, pl. vii.; and Geol. 
Maq., vol. ii., p. 546. 
~ Carte, “ Journ. Roy. Dub. Soc.,” vol. ii. p. 12; and Leith Adams, 
“Trans. Roy. Irish Acad.,” vol, xxvi., p. 217. 
