136 CANHXE. 



Hyaena. One of these fossils, the anterior half of the left 

 ramus of the lower jaw, is figured at the commencement 

 of the present section ; it retains the canine and the last 

 three of the series of five premolars. A second fossil, {fig. 

 53,) consisting of the hinder half of the same ramus of the 

 lower jaw of another individual, retains the last premolar 

 or sectorial tooth, p, and the first tubercular molar, m. 



Mr. Whidbey obtained from the gallery E, of the Ores- 

 ton cavern, (Jig- 50,) which yielded the bones of the Wolf, 

 several fossil remains of the Fox, of which I have identi- 

 fied the following : 



Two canine teeth of the lower jaw. 



A cervical vertebra. 



A dorsal vertebra. 



The shaft of a humerus. 



A portion of the shaft of a femur. 



The two latter fossils are relatively more slender than in 

 the Jackall. Some of the above remains are noticed by 

 Mr. Clift, in his Paper in the Philosophical Transactions, 

 before quoted, and all are, as he describes, " equally fragile 

 and absorbent with those of the other animals."* 



Although, from the habits of concealment of the Fox, 

 its bones might be expected to be found in caves and 

 cavernous fissures more commonly than those of the Dog 

 or Wolf, yet the testimony of Mr. Whidbey is adverse 

 to the hypothesis of the recent introduction of the above- 

 mentioned fossils into the Oreston caverns. With re- 

 spect to them, he writes, " These, I think, Avill be the 

 last bones I shall send you from these caves, as they are 

 now nearly worked out. The cave B," (fig. 50,) " termi- 

 nated near where it was first seen; the head of it was 

 closed over with a body of limestone. The joints of the 

 * Loc. cit. p. 96. 



