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Brome, has either been excavated or traced downwards to a depth 

 of upwards of 200 feet below the level of the plateau of WindmiU 

 Hill. It was full of the fossil remains of quadrupeds and birds, of the 

 former of which some are now wholly extinct, others extinct in 

 Europe and repelled to distant regions of the African continent, 

 others either now living on the rock or in the adjoining Spanish 

 peninsula. 



The following is a list of the species which we have at present 

 identified: — 

 Pachydermata, 



Rhinoceros Etruscus ('?). Extinct. 



B,hinoceros leptorhinus (syn. R. megarhinus) . Extinct, abundant. 



Equus. Young animals only, species undetermined. 



Sus prisons (?). Extinct. 



Sus scrofa. Living. 

 Ruminants. 



Cervus elaphus, var. barbarus. Eossil remains abundant. 



Cervus dama, or a nearly allied form. Abundant. 



Bos. A large form, equalling the Aurochs in size, remains few 

 and imperfect, species undetermined. 



Bos taurus. Abundant in the upper chamber. 



Capra hircus (?). In the upper chamber. 



Capra ^goceros, form A. ; Capra ^goceros, form B. Two forms 

 of Ihex, probably extinct but in vast abundance throughout 

 the fissure. 

 Rodents, 



Lepus timidus. Rare. 



Lepus cuniculus. Yery abundant at all depths. 



Mus rattus. 

 Carnivora. 



Eelis leopardus. 



Felis pardina. 



Eelis serval. 



Hysena brunnea. Now repelled in the living state to Southern 

 Africa. 



Canis vulpes. 



Ursus, sp, Not the Cave Bear, form undetermined. 

 DelpMnidce. 



Phocgena communis. 

 Birds. Remains numerous, genera and species undetermined. 

 Tortoise. Rare, species undetermined. 

 Msh. Remains numerous in the upper chamber. 



Apart from the still immature state of the investigations, it 

 would be quite beyond the limits within which we are restricted in 

 this communication for us to enter in detail upon the conclusions to 

 which the data furnished by the fossil remains lead ; we shall there- 

 fore confine ourselves to a few of the more important general points. 

 The rock is now bared of natural forest-trees, and destitute of 

 wild animals, with the exception of the hare, rabbit, fox, badger, 

 and a few magot monkeys, the last in all probability the descendants 

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