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Cervus Elaphus, Linn. Eed Deee. 



Loc— In Silt (18 ft.), Jarrow Dock and Coble Dene Dock — in Silt 

 of the Tyne and numerous other places. 



Cervus Capreolus, Linn. Roebuck. 



Loc. — Chiefly in Roman Stations. 



Cervus Alces, Linn. Elk. 



Loc. -Under Peat in Chirdon Burn, North Tyne. T. N. F. C, Vol V., 

 PI. 5. 



Bos primigenius, Bojanus. The"Urus." 



Loc. — In Silt at Jarrow Dock, the bed of the Tyne, and under Peat. 



Sus scrofa, Linn. "Wild Boae. 



Loc. — In Silt of Wear and in Roman Stations. 



Alca impennis, Linn. Geeat Auk. 



Loc. — In cave deposits at Marsden, with remains of Man, Badger, 

 Fox, etc.— See Nat. Hist. Trans., Vol. VII. , p. 363. 



PREHISTORIC. 

 Megaceros HibernicuSj Owen. Ieish Elk. 



In Peat under a thick deposit of brick clay at South Shields, and in 

 the forest-bed at the mouth of the Tees. T. N. F. C. , V., p. 1 14, PL 4. 



Elephas primigenius, Blum. Mammoth. 



The only trace of this in our district is a small portion of a tusk five 

 inches round, which was found in the excavation of the West Hartle- 

 pool Docks, and which is, or was, preserved in the Athenaeum at 

 W T est Hartlepool. T. N. F. C, Vol. V., p. 111. 



SCANDINAVIAN DRIFT. 

 Cyprina Islandica (Linn.). 



A glaciated portion of the hinge of this shell, together with a speci- 

 men of Tellina and broken portions of a crab, were found in a bed of 

 gravel under this clay at the Trou Rocks, South Shields, and is in 

 my possession. 



GLACIAL MORAINE = BOULDER CLAY. 



'No fossils that I am aware of have been found in this deposit, 

 the occurrence of which could not be expected from the condi- 

 tions under which it was accumulated or thrown down at the 

 termination or foot of the great Ice-sheet that covered the 



