178 Reports and Proceedings. 
Hugh Falconer, M.D., F.B.S., F.G.S. Communicated by the Secre- 
tary of State for War.—This was a letter addressed by the authors 
to His Excellency the Governor of Gibraltar, General Sir W.d. 
Codrington, K.C.B., &c., and containing the results of their examina- 
tion of the Genista Cave. Referring first to Capt. Brome’s report 
for a description of the general features of that cave, the authors 
stated that the Rock of Gibraltar abounds in both seaboard and 
inland caverns, the Genista Cave of Windmill Hill being one of the 
latter class. It is a great perpendicular fissure, and has been traced 
downwards to a depth of 200 feet ; but the external aperture has not 
yet been discovered. It was full of the remains of quadrupeds and 
birds, some of the former being now wholly extinct, others extinct 
in Europe and repelled to distant regions of the African continent 
(as Hyena brunnea and the Felide), while others again live now either 
on the Rock or in the adjoining Spanish Peninsula. It was inferred 
that there had been a connection by land, either circuitous or direct, 
between Europe and Africa at no very remote period. The authors 
observed that the wild animals whose remains were discovered in the 
cave lived and died upon the Rock during a long series of ages, and 
they considered the bones were introduced into the cave by rain and 
streams washing them into gullies and fissures. ‘They also recom- 
mended the formation of a local collection of these and other speci- 
mens, and urged the appointment of a Geologist to make a geological 
survey of the Rock, and concluded by expressing their opinion of the 
value and importance of Capt. Brome’s exploration of the Genista 
Cavern. 
Human remains (peculiar in the ridging and flattening of some of 
the limb-bones, and in other respects), together with polished stone 
implements, broken querns, pottery, marine shells of edible species, 
and other objects, were found in the upper chambers, which were 
possibly used for funeral rites, rather than for habitation, at different 
times, but not before the Historic Period. 
The following species of animals were discovered in the Genista 
Cave :— 
Rhinoceros Etruscus (?) 
Rh. leptorhinus. 
Equus megarhinus. 
Equus sp. 
Sus prisca (?) 
S. scrofa. 
Cervus elaphus, var. Barbarus. 
C. dama. 
Bos sp. 
Bos taurus.* 
Capra hircus.* 
C. egoceros (2 var.) 
Lepus timidus. 
L. cuniculus.f 
Mus rattus. 
* Abundant in the upper chambers. 
Felis leopardus. 
F. pardina. 
F’. serval. 
Hyzena brunnea (and its copro- 
lites). 
Canis vulpes. 
Meles taxus. 
Ursus sp.f 
Phoceena communis. 
Birds ; numerous remains of unde- 
termined genera and species. 
Tortoise ; species undetermined ; 
rare. Fish; numerous remains, 
undetermined.* 
+ Abundant throughout. 
{ Neither Rhinoceros tichorhinus, Ursus speleus, nor Hyena spelea, so common 
in European caves, occurs at Gibraltar. 
