428 MR. E. T. NEWTON ON THE VERTEBRATE FAUNA [Aug. 1 899, 



Measurements of Canis lupus (?) from Ightham. 



Millimetres. 

 Length of right ramus of lower jaw from angle to hinder 



border of canine alveolus 154'0 



Length of hinder border of canine alveolus to hinder border 



of last molar alveolus lOl'O 



Depth of ramus at hinder end of molar 1 31'0 



,, between pm. 2 and pm. 3 24'0 



Height of coronoid process from base of angular process 68-0 



Length of molar 1 29-0 



Thickness „ 11-2 



Length of femur , 212-0 



tibia 215-0 



„ humerus, distal condyle to angle of deltoid crest ... 127 "0 



„ „ calculated from last measurement 198*0 



21. Eelis cattjs, Linn. (Cat.) 



A femur and a canine tooth represent this species, but there is 

 no proof that they are parts of a wild animal, and they may be a 

 comparatively modern introduction. 



22. LuTRA VULGARIS (?), Liuu. (Otter.) 



Some bones of a young animal, without their epiphyses, were 

 obtained by Mr. Lewis Abbott, and these may perhaps belong to a 

 very young otter ; but they are too embryonic to show their dis- 

 tinctive characters. 



23. Meles taxtjs, Bodd. (Eadger.) 



The presence of the badger in these deposits has been confirmed 

 by the finding of a skull and other remains. 



MM. Marcellin Boule & Gustavo Chauvet have been good 

 enough to send me an account of their researches in the interesting 

 ossiferous fissure at Champs-Gaillards (Chateauneuf-sur-Charente),^ 

 from which they have obtained a series of vertebrate remains, very 

 similar to those from the Ightham fissure, including several northern 

 species which give an arctic character to the fauna, and indicate, 

 in no uncertain way, the influence of the extreme cold of the Pleisto- 

 cene period far southward in Prance. 



^ ' Sur I'Existence d'une Faune d'Animaux arctiques dans la Charente i 

 I'Epoque quaternaire,' Comptes-rendus Acad. Sci. Paris, vol. cxxviii (1899) 

 p. 1188. 



