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30 niilL (the tooth being broken the length could not be ascertained with 

 accuracy). In the upper first molar the breadth which is the greatest 

 diameter of this tooth, measured as follows in the various specimens of 

 Wolves examined : — 



Locjlltt: • 

 Castlepook Cave, 

 Vancouver. 

 Arctic America. 

 Europe, . 

 - eden, . 

 Irisi. W If-hound, 

 D . 



Thus it would seem as if in the nature and strength of its teeth at any 

 rate the extinct Irish W • nearly allied t" the American Wolf 



to our European V >. Until further 



researc:. relationship of the Irish Wolf, it is preferable 



to retain fur it the nan ' 



fiaris). 



in-licat: I >• g-remains in the 



•'. and t: otly been dragged in by foxes in 



recent ;::.. - A . . i which I could not defini 



dler than an Irish Terrier. A right 

 uli; . a mewhat straighter than any 



IIv.vn \ ■ // 



in this cave has already been announced by 

 Mr. I- >nimal consisted of several skull-fragments, 



and many teeth .-. ing. These occurred in thirty- 



y in saml. From many indications we 

 are led ras once a den where Hya-nas lived for a 



con- eir food and reared their young. 



.ntered bones as well as the occurrence of coprolites 



confirm That the climatic conditions must have been at least as 



now, but probably more so, seems to be implied by the 



gre.i food. Only very few of the immature Hya-na bones 



R. J. n». Mammoth, and other extinct 



Mammals Cavern fa rk." Prot. R. I. Acad., vol. xxv 



(Sect. B). 1904. 



