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W. BOYD DAWKINS OX THE MAMMAL-FAUNA 



II. The Eobtx-Hood Cave. 

 A. Distribution of Species in the Lower and Middle Strata. 



In the description of the remains from the Hobin-Hood Cave in 

 this Journal (August 1876, p. 245), attention was drawn to the fact 

 that the cave was inhabited by hyaBnas during the time of the depo- 

 sition of the red sand below, the cave-earth, and the breccia above, 

 and that no traces of man were found below the cave-earth. The 

 late exploration confirms the hyaena-occupation ; but it proves also 

 that man was living in the neighbourhood at the time when the red 

 sands and clays were being deposited on the unfossilif erous grey sand 

 which covered the rocky floor (see preceding sections). 



The breccia of the previous exploration turned out to be a mere 

 local deposit, which was represented in other parts of the cave by 

 the upper strata of cave-earth. Consequently, in the following list 

 of the vertical range of the animals in the cave, I have classified it 

 with the cave-earth, with which also is included the mottled stratum 

 noted in Mr. Mello's sections, which does not seem to me to differ in 

 any important degree from the cave-earth. The specimens from the 

 superficial deposits above the stalagmite will be reserved for separate 

 treatment. 



The following Table shows the distribution of the animals in the 

 Pleistocene strata. 



Pleistocene Fauna of Robin-Hood Cave, 1876. 





Total from 

 both deposits. 



- 



Red sand and 

 clay. 



Breccia and cave-earth. 



ft 



•a 



l-S 



Teeth. 



Bones, 



antlers. 



z 







o 







8 2 



m 1 



O 



O 



1. Man (Homo) 



2. Mackairodus latidens 



3. Lion (var. Felis spelcsa) 



4. Wild Cat (F. catus) 



5. Leopard (F. pardus) 



6. Spotted Hyaena (var. H. 



spelcea) 



1040 



1 



10 



3 



1 



928 



121 



61 



78 



473 



18 



.20 



550 



357 



53 

 52 





4 

 9 



1 



2 



32 

 4 



20 

 3 

 1 



22 



3 



4 



12 



1 



25 



8 



8 



40 

 13 



32 



5 



1 



49 



3 



4 

 1 



3 



49 

 30 



1 

 2 

 1 

 6 



1 



1 



2 



780 

 27 

 28 

 39 



180 



7 



10 



490 



250 

 46 



"*8 



"i 



59 

 51 

 32 

 37 

 260 



*9 



10 



104 



3 

 51 



1032 



1032 



1 



10 



3 



1 



888 



108 

 61 

 78 



441 

 13 

 1.9 



501 



354 



49 



51 



7. Fox (Cants vulpes) 



8. Wolf (C. hipus) 



9. Bear 



1 0. Reindeer ( C. tarandus) . . . 



1 1 . Irish Elk ( C. megaceros) . 



12. Bison (var. Bison priscus) 



13. Horse (Equus caballus)... 



14. Woolly Rhinoceros (B. 



tichorhinus) 



15. Mammoth (Elephas pri- 

 miqenius) 



2 9 



16. Hare (Lepics timidus) ... 

 Totals 





1 









3766 







.... 





156 











3610 



Prom this Table it is evident that the animals were, on the whole, 

 more rare during the deposit of the red sand below than during the 



