84 URSIDA. 
in the same cavern; Cuvier makes a like observation 
with respect to the Ursus priscus of the Gailenreuth 
cavern. 
Joseph Whidbey, Esq., civil engineer, has recorded in the 
‘“‘ Philosophical Transactions” his discovery in the lime- 
stone quarries at Oreston, near Plymouth, of a cavern 
contaming fossil remains, described by Sir Everard Home 
as teeth and bones belonging to the Rhinoceros, Deer, and 
a species of Bear. This discovery is likewise noticed by 
Dr. Buckland in the ‘“ Reliquiz Diluviane,” p. 67. Mr. 
Whidbey says, ‘‘ These bones were lately found in a cavern 
one foot high, eighteen feet wide, and twenty feet long, 
lying on a thin bed of dry clay at the bottom; the cavern 
was entirely surrounded by compact limestone rock, about 
eight feet above high-water mark, fifty-five feet below the 
surface of the rock, one hundred and seventy-four yards 
from the original face of the quarries, and about one hun- 
dred and twenty yards, in that direction, from the spot 
where the former bones” (those of a Rhinoceros) ‘‘ were 
found in 1816.” * 
The remains of the Bear consist of 
1. Left internal incisor. 
2. Left upper canine, much worn by use. 
3. Left lower canine. 
4. Right lower canine. 
5. Penultimate molar of the right side of the upper jaw. 
6. Penultimate molar of the left side of the lower Jaw. 
The first three specimens correspond in size and form 
with the teeth of the great Ursus spelaus. The canine 
No. 4, though completely formed and showing marks of 
service, is smaller, and agrees in size with that of the Ursus 
priscus. This might possibly be a sexual difference. But 
* Philos. Trans. 1821, p. 133. 
