88 ME. G. BUSK ON THE ANCIENT OE 



frequently converted into mummies, the other two being F. chaus and, in all proba- 

 bility, F. maniculata, which was apparently the domestic cat of the period. 



4. Felis dombstica. 



Numerous remains of the common domestic Cat were met with in the more recent 

 deposits in the caves and fissures, and may be often picked up on the surface. But I 

 have not yet met with any really fossilized Cat smaller than F. caligata. 



VI. CtNis, Hekpestes, Meles. 



No other remains of Camivora have been met with in the Gibraltar collection 

 belonging to the more ancient fauna. The jaw of a Fox (PI. III. fig. 7), incrusted 

 with red stalagmite from the upper part of the Genista Cave, is the only instance of 

 any great apparent antiquity. Numerous specimens belonging to the same species, 

 undistinguishable in the bones and teeth from the common Fox, have occurred in other 

 fissures and caverns, mixed with recent bones and human rubbish, as might be expected, 

 seeing that the Fox is at present a living inhabitant of the Rock. 



In the same category of more recent specimens, it may be mentioned that in Genista 

 Cave No 3 the skull, without the lower jaw, of a Mangoose {Herpestes ichneumon, 

 lUig.) was found, of the present existence of which on the Rock I am not aware, but 

 which occurs in the south of Spain. Under the same circumstances the skull, jaw, 

 and bones of the Badger {Meles taxus) of different ages, have also occurred, although, 

 what is perhaps rather remarkable, the remains of this most ancient, perhaps, of all 

 existing quaternary mammals except the Lion, have not as yet been discovered in the 

 true ossiferous breccia. Bones of the Dog are frequently found on the surface ; but no 

 trace of the Wolf has been noticed. 



VII. Equus. 



Of the genus Equus, the materials, although not numerous, are amply sufficient to 

 establish the identity of the species with E. caballus. 



The principal specimens are : — 



1. A large fragment of the cranium (PI. VIII. fig. 1), comprising the greater part of 

 the left side of the face, from the posterior border of the orbit to the incisive extremity 

 of the diasteme. It shows the whole of the maxillary and lachrymal bones, together 

 with part of the frontal ; and about two thii-ds of the circuit of the orbit are left. The 

 nasals are wanting. The specimen is slightly cracked behind ; and a crack runs across 

 the frontal and through the orbit. 



It would appear that the specimen had originally been much more perfect, and that 

 a considerable portion was lost in its extraction from the matrix. The dental series 



