CAENIVORA. 9 



Red Crag of Boyton, all of which agree in form with the corre- 

 sponding teeth of the wolf. 



Canis lupus has thus been recognised in the Red Crag Nodule- 

 bed of Suffolk, in the Forest-bed of Norfolk and Suffolk, in 

 Pleistocene deposits throughout Europe, and is now living 

 throughout the northern parts of the Northern hemisphere. 



VULPES, LINNJEUS. 



(Fox.) 

 PLATE I., FIG. 5. 



A portion of a skull with teeth, obtained by the late Mr. R. 

 Bell from the Red Crag above the Nodule-bed at Boyton, Suffolk, 

 was recognised as Fox by Mr. W. Davies of the British Museum, 

 and afterwards described by Mr. R. Lydekker (Geol. Mag., 

 Dec. 3, Vol. I, p. 443, 1884, and Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 

 Parti., p. 131, 1885). 



This specimen seems to be rather larger than the skulls of 

 recent Foxes with which it hns been compared; but there is no 

 question as to its specific identity. 



There has been some doubt expressed as to the true age of this 

 fossil, for it seemed possible that it might have been part of a 

 recent fox buried in a deep burrow ; but Mr. R. Bell, whose 

 opinion in such matters carried great weight, was satisfied that 

 the skull was truly of Red Crag age. 



Canis vulpes has thus been recorded from the true Red Crag 

 of Suffolk, with some doubt from the Norfolk Forest-bed 

 (Mem. Geol. Surv., Vert. Forest Bed, p. 19, Plate iv., fig. 2, 

 1882), and it is commonly found in Cave-deposits throughout 

 Europe ; a geographical distribution which it at present maintains. 



CANIS (?) PRIMIGENIUS, LANKESTER. 

 PLATE L, FIG. 6. 



This species was founded by Prof. Lankester (Ann. Mag. Nat. 

 Hist, Ser. 3, Vol. XIV., p. 358, Plate viii., fig. 11, 1864), for a 

 single, slender, much denuded tooth from the Red Crag ( Nodule- 

 bed) of Woodbridge, in the Whincopp collection, now in the 

 Reed collection, York Museum. Some rolled specimens, appar- 

 ently belonging to the same form, are in the Ipswich Museum; 

 but nothing has been found to extend our knowledge of this 

 species. 



Prof. W. Boyd Dawkins called my attention to the coarse 

 wrinkling of what appears to be a portion of the enamel preserved 

 in the type specimen, which is quite unlike that of any known 



