CARNTVORA. 



43747, 43757. The metatarsal and phalangeal bones of the two feet ; 

 from a cavern in Nabrigas. 



Bravard Collection. Purchased, 1852. 



43723. The greater part of the vertebral column; from a cavern 

 in Nabrigas. Bravard Collection. Purchased, 1852. 



49174. The broken atlas vertebra, of large size ; from the Kuhlock 

 Cave, Franconia. 



Presented by the Earl of EnnisJcillen, 1878. 



212 73 x. The atlas and axis vertebra ; from the Gailenreuth Cave. 

 , Purchased. 



2fote. There is a very large series of remains of this species in the 

 Museum which it has not been considered advisable to catalogue. 

 It comprehends specimens from the following localities, viz. : 



Sophia Cavern, Franconia, Bavaria. 



Sundwig, Westphalia. 



Muggendorf, Franconia. 



Kent's-Hole Cavern (McEnery Collection). 



Gailenreuth Cave, Franconia (Egerton Collection). 



Kuhlock Cave, Franconia (EnnisUllen Collection). 



fcorrfibtlfe, Ord. 1 

 Syn. Ursus bourguignati, Lartet 2 . 



Ursus cinereus, Desmarest. 



Ursus ferox, Richardson. 



Ursus ferox fossilis, Busk. 



Ursus fossilis, Goldfuss 3 . 



Ursus horridus, Baird. 



Ursus priscus, Cuvier 4 and Goldfuss 5 . 



Ursus planifrons, Denny 6 . 



Ursus richardsoni, Baird. 



Danis cinereus, Gray. 



In this species the jugal arcade is elliptical, and less nearly cir- 

 cular than in Ursus arctos, while the posterior narial aperture is 

 narrower and usually more rounded than in that species. The 

 last upper true molar is but slightly contracted posteriorly, the 

 inner tubercle of pm. 4 is very large, the premolars are separate, and 

 the palate is flattened. According to Busk there is usually a minute 



1 In Guthrie's 'Geography,' 2nd American ed., TO!, ii. pp. 291, 299 (1815), 

 teste Baird. 



Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 5, vol. viii. p. 161 (1867). 



Nova Acta Ac. Ores. Leop.-Car. vol. x. pt. 2, pp. 259-276 (1821). 



Oss. Foss. vol. iv. p. 380 (1823). 



Nova Acta Ac. Caes. Leop.-Car. vol. xi. pt. 2, p. 468 (1823). 



Proc. Geol. Soc. W. Biding Yorksh., April 18G4. 



