W. Davies—On the Bones of the Lynx from Teesdale. 347 
The metatarsal is the third of the right foot; it is also perfect, 
and, as it bears the same relative proportion to the humerus, as do 
the same bones to each other in the recent skeleton above referred 
to, the fossils may safely be assigned to the same animal. 
The following measurements of the fossil and recent bones, show 
that the present Lynxes are not dwarfed descendants of their early 
predecessors. The measurements are in inches and tenths. 
MEASUREMENTS OF HUMERUS. FOSSIL. | RECENT. 
PUNCH Me yeast seals cine sce Aa ora imeiiee ane aces 7 12 7 6 
Transverse diameter proximal articular end ...........2 008 1’ 2 V3 
Antero-posterior diameter of scapular articulation ........... -| 105 V 15 
Transverse diameter of distal end 1’ 4 1’5 
ee 
Ditto GittOn 1OL trOChledss ere ys Galatea eo Wea oo: ere etee'syei ess 0’ 87 ie (0, 
Antero-posterior diameter of ulnar articulation ............ 0’ 65 0! 75 
Smallest circumference of shaft ..........cs ese cere cceecees 1’ 75 l’ 75 
MEASUREMENTS OF METATARSAL. 
Tenet os siens + i Rd ae ae ere Seer Dates h 3 68 4’ 07 
Transverse diameter proximal end ........... rath Win yatta eo 0’ 45 0’ 55 
Ditto ditto; distalhend’ ches cscd encase Pe ag tees .|. 0' 48 0’ 52 
So far as they have been specifically identified, the associated 
vertebrate remains occurring, both in the Pleasley Vale and in the 
Teesdale Cave, are the same. In neither have been found any bone 
of the extinct Pleistocene Mammals, nor of the cave Hyzna or 
Bear. From the former cave, Dr. Ransom enumerates the Wolf, 
Fox, Pig, Roebuck, Water Vole, and a large number of bones that he 
had “not yet determined.” From the Teesdale Cave have been 
obtained bones of the Shrew, Mole, Wolf, Dog, Fox, Wild Cat, Lynx, 
Marten, Otter, Badger, Horse, Ass (?), Wild Boar, Red Deer, Roe- 
buck, Goat or Sheep, small Ox, Hare, Rabbit, and water, bank, and 
field Voles; also bones of Birds; Snakes or Lizard, and Frogs. A 
good total, but all of which, Mr. Backhouse assures me, were 
exhumed from the “Cave.” However, many of the bones, judging, 
from their state of preservation, have been introduced into the cave 
in comparatively recent times; among which may be specially men- 
tioned the domestic Cat, Dog, Rabbit, Sheep or Goat, the small Ox 
(Bos longifrons 2), and a few others. Nevertheless, many are of 
early introduction, and were undoubtedly contemporary with the 
Lynx; and, although belonging to species dating from Pleistocene 
times, were yet still common in Britain in the historic period; for 
the Wolf and Wild Boar roamed at will over the northern counties 
within a few centuries ago, and the Fox, Badger, and Otter, and 
other forms of equally ancient origin, are still native. 
These facts have an interesting bearing in regard to the geological 
age of the respective caves, and of the presence in time of the Lynx 
in Britain. Neither cave has yielded evidence by which it could be 
connected with certainty to any period. Prof. Boyd Dawkins, com- 
menting upon this subject, in reference to the antiquity of the various 
remains found in the Derbyshire Cave, and which comments apply 
with equal force to those from Teesdale, says: “So far as the 
internal evidence goes, they may be of Pre-historic, or even Historic 
date, with as great probability as Postglacial.” He, however, thinks 
