416 E. H. Scott — Irish Fossil Mammalia. 



county of Clare, discovered a skull, about twelve inches long, and of 

 the shape of the skull of JJ. arctos} 



Lastly, within the last year, Mr. "W. H. Gregory, M,P., of Coole 

 Park, near Gort, kindly offered to examine the caves in his park 

 with Mr. Jukes, who has furnished me with the following account. 

 About 100 yards from the mouth of the cave, which is in low ground, 

 and full of water in wet weather, a crust of stalagmite was broken 

 through. This was in some places eight or ten inches thick ; under- 

 neath it was an irregular mass of fine brown clay, from two to four 

 feet thick. After digging out a great quantity of this clay, without 

 finding anything at all, the bones of a small animal were at length 

 met with, and among them a small fragment of a jaw, with two 

 teeth in it. This fragment was afterwards examined by Mr. Blyth, 

 and the teeth said to be the hindmost false molar (or carnassial), and 

 the next false, or premolar, of a young Bear (Ursus arctos), being 

 the deciduary or milk teeth of the right side of the upper jaw.^ 



U. spelcBus. — Portions of the skeleton of this species, probably of a 

 female specimen, were discovered among the other bones found at 

 Shandon, Dungarvan. The cranium was not discovered, but the 

 bones which were found exhibited the marked characteristics of 

 JJ. speJcBus. 



TJ. maritimus. — At the January meeting of the Society, Dr. Carte 

 announced the discovery of a few bones of an animal belonging to 

 this species at Lough Gur. The recollection of this paper is so fresh, 

 that I need hardly remind you of it. The account will be found at 

 p. 114, vol. X., of the " Journal." In this case, as in the foregoing, 

 the cranium has not yet been found. 



In Archdeacon Maunsell's well-known letter about the skeleton of 



exactly similar, as far as I and some friends could judge, to the skeleton of a large 

 bear. The skull was about twelve inches long, but the nose part was broken off, and 

 very much resembled the shape of a Badger's skull, but about the size of a large 

 Bear's. Most unfortunately, I regret to state, these bones were not preserved. The 

 skull was kept for some time, but has been lost ; but for which I should have much 

 pleasure in sending it for your examination. Near the place where these bones were 

 found, in a few days after, two large tusks, about eight or nine inches long each, were 

 also turned up, with several teeth also, besides some bones and skulls of other animals, 

 which were ibund in a bog, in a wood, when raising some large black oak trees, several 

 feet under the surface. The latter skulls resemble the first alluded to, but were of 

 smaller size. I regret very much now that I have not preserved them, with the ex- 

 ception of an Elk's head and antler, which I have heard stated is the largest found in 

 this county, but not in the same place in which other remains were discovered. All 

 those alluded to were clearly belonging to extinct animals. — I have the honour to 

 remain, Sir, your obedient servant, 



"R. H. Scott, Esq." "W. Qum Going. 



1 Explanation to Sheet 133 of the Map of the "Geological Survey of Ireland," p. 34. 



^ "With reference to this identification, I have to subjoin the following letter, re- 

 ceived since from Mr. Jukes : — 



"Dublin May 10, 1864. 



" My dear Mb. Scott, — I took over to London the other day the teeth which 

 were found in Coole Park, and which Mr. Blyth informed me were those of a young 

 brown Bear, and asked Professor Huxley to give me an opinion upon them. He ex- 

 amined them, and said they belonged to a young pig. So this case of the occurrence 

 of Ursus arctos in Ireland fails. — Yours very truly, "J. B. Jukes." 



