36 A NEW CATE AT GIBRALTAR. [Feb. I904, 



attention was being paid to the caverns of Gibraltar ; and con- 

 gratulated the Author on his work. Although the result was 

 different from what might have been anticipated, he hoped that the 

 Author would continue his search for ossiferous deposits in that 

 cave. Many interesting species of mammals had been obtained 

 by Brome, Busk, and Falconer, but the known remains were so 

 fragmentary that more satisfactory specimens were much needed. 



Dr. Henry "Woodward said that great interest attached to the 

 exploration of the caves of Gibraltar, as in the earlier ones ex- 

 plored by Brome, Busk, and Falconer some very interesting deposits 

 of bone-breccia had been met with. At the time when Busk ex- 

 amined them but little interest was felt in the small rodentia, as 

 they were believed only to be common well-known forms ; but 

 Dr. Forsyth Major, who had lately examined some specimens, had 

 detected Lagomys and other interesting remains, and earnestly 

 desired to obtain more material for study, to which the Author's 

 communication promised possibly to lead up. 



The Author replied that the bone-breccia on the western side 

 of the Rock was probably of a different date from the breccia on 

 the eastern side. 



