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Caves of Sulkies.— Vrsus Tittorii, spelaeus, arctoidcus, and 

 nieles. Hytsna, var. spajlaea. Canis lupus and vulpes. Lepus 

 dmidus and cuniculus. Miis species not determined. Equus 

 caballus. Cervus Reboulil and Dumasii. Capreolus Tourna- 

 \'n and Leufroyi. Antilope Christolii. Bos taurus and urus. 

 Bird size of sparrow hazek ; another resembling the golden 

 pheasant. The shells were Natica raillepunctata. Helix nemo- 

 ralis and aspersa. 



Caves of Bize.—Vcspertilio murinus and auritus. Ursus 

 arctoideus. Cams lupus and vulpes. Felis serval. Lepus 

 timidus and cuniculus. Mus campestris. Sus scropha. Equus 

 caballus. Cervus Destremii, Reboulii, and a species not deter- 

 mined. Capreolus Tournalii, Leufroyi, and a species not yet 

 determined. Antilope Christolii. Capra ajgagrus. Bos taurus 

 and urus. Of birds one species was the size of common owl, 

 another that of the sparrozo hazal; a third resembling the com- 

 mon pheasant in size, and another the partridge and the Anas 

 olor *. The ^\\e\\S— Natica millepunctata. Buccinum unda- 

 tum. Pectunculus glycimeris. Pecten jacobaea. Mytihis edu- 

 lis. Helix nemoralis, hortensis, lucida, and nitida. Bidimus 

 decollatus. Cychstoma elegans. Lastly, that which proves 

 the recent age of these deposltes is, that the same mud which 

 cements together the bones, &c. of species considered as extinct, 

 and therefore viewed as antidiluvian, contains also human hones 

 and worU of art, or, lastly, the bones of extinct animals that 

 appear to have been fashioned by man. To make our compa- 

 rison of the two sets of caves complete, the following may be 

 added. — 



Caves of Salleles.— Bones of supposed extinct species, fashion- 

 ed, it would appear, by man. Pottery of very ancient dates. 



Caves of Bize. — Bones of animals supposed to be extinct; 

 bones fashioned by man. Pottery of ancient date. Human hones. 

 Vide Boues Journal de Geologiefor particulars. 



" The occurrence of fossil remains of birds resembling the common and 

 golden pheasant is a very curious fact : if they should be proved to belong to 

 these birds, the age of the deposite containing them will be made out, because 

 these birds are not natives of Europe, having been introduced by man from 

 the east. It still remains to be ascertained whether these bones, &c. have 

 been brought into their present situation at one or at different times.— Edit. 



