234 EELIQTJI^; AQTJITANKLE. 



remarked that in Ihese it is always rare. At La Madelaine a humerus, in a fair 

 state of preservation, of an adult individual has been found. I have recognized, 

 among the fossils from the Station of Lacombe-Tayac, two other humeri, younger, 

 a coracoid, and a metatarsal ; a coracoid was found at Bruniquel. In the Gourdan 

 Cave also some remains of the Raven have been met with. And M. E. Lartet sent 

 me a coracoid and an arm-bone collected by him at Aurignac : the coracoid pre- 

 sents nothing peculiar ; but the humerus is larger than any of those of the same 

 species which I have seen. 



18. THE CARKION-CROW. Cormis corone, Linne. La Corneille. 



I have found this species in the Cave at Lourdes, in that of Aure, and in the 

 Station of Lacombe-Tayac. 



19. THE HOODED CROW. Corvus comix, Linne". La Corneille mantele'e. 



This Bird is represented, in the collection made by M. Piette at Gourdan, by a 

 humerus and a portion of the beak. Cormts comix inhabits in preference the 

 North of Europe and North Asia. In winter it arrives in France, proceeding as 

 far as Languedoc, Provence, and Dauphiny ; but it is rarely seen in Perigord. 



20. THE JACKDAW. Corvus monedula. Le Couchas. 



The Station at Le Moustier, on the banks of the Vezere, has furnished a humerus 

 and a tibia the sole indication we have of the existence of this species at the 

 time of the infilling of the Caves ; and the circumstances under which these 

 bones were found do not permit it to be included with perfect certainty in the 

 list of the Birds of that period ; for M. E. Lartet, when sending the bones to me, 

 stated that they were taken from no great depth, in company with numerous 

 remains of Rabbits which seemed to be of recent date. It is possible, therefore, 

 that their burying was not contemporaneous with that of the remains of Elephas 

 primigenius and Hycena spelcea which were taken from the cave-earth of the same 

 Station. 



21. THE ALPINE CHOUGH. Corvus pyrrhocorax, Linne ; Pyrrhocorax alpinus, 



Vieillot. Le Chocard des Alpes. 



The remains of Pyrrhocorax alpinus are very common in the Caves, not only of 

 Perigord and the Pyrenees, but also of the South-east of France, and even of 

 Italy. For a long time they were confounded with those of the Magpie and the 

 Jay. Nevertheless it is easy to distinguish them ; for though some oi' the bones 

 are similar (the ulnas and metacarpals for example), the tarso-metatarsal, tibia, 



