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  PKOCEEDINGS 
  OP 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  [Feb. 
  24, 
  

  

  The 
  Mammalia 
  are 
  as 
  follows, 
  as 
  determined 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Blackmore 
  :- 
  

  

  Equus 
  caballus. 
  

  

  Canis 
  vulpes. 
  

  

  Hyeena 
  spelrca 
  

  

  Felis 
  spelsea. 
  

  

  Spermophilus 
  (superciliosus 
  ?) 
  

  

  Lemmus 
  (Groenlandicus?). 
  

  

  Lepus 
  timidus. 
  

  

  Elephas 
  primigenius. 
  

  

  Rhinoceros 
  tichorhinus. 
  

  

  Equus 
  plicidens. 
  

  

  fossilis. 
  

  

  Asinus 
  fossilis 
  ? 
  (or 
  small 
  horse). 
  

   Sus 
  scrofa? 
  

   Cervus 
  tarandus. 
  

  

  Guettardi 
  (or 
  young 
  C. 
  tarandus). 
  

  

  elaphus. 
  

  

  Bison 
  priscus. 
  

  

  minor. 
  

  

  Bos 
  primigenius. 
  

   longifrons. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  birds 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  a 
  femur 
  and 
  a 
  

   coracoid 
  bone 
  of 
  a 
  Wild 
  Goose 
  (Anser 
  palustris 
  '?), 
  and, 
  what 
  are 
  most 
  

   curious, 
  portions 
  of 
  two 
  egg-shells, 
  the 
  one 
  corresponding 
  in 
  size 
  

   with 
  the 
  egg 
  of 
  the 
  Wild 
  Goose, 
  the 
  other 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Wild 
  

   Duck. 
  They 
  are 
  both 
  stained 
  of 
  a 
  pale 
  fawn-colour, 
  and 
  in 
  many 
  

   parts 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  superficial 
  incrustations. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Blackmore 
  remarks 
  that 
  the 
  lowest-level 
  clay-pits 
  produce 
  

   but 
  few 
  Mammalian 
  remains; 
  but 
  he 
  has 
  procured 
  from 
  them 
  bones 
  

   of 
  Mammoth, 
  Bhinoceros, 
  Horse, 
  and 
  small 
  long-fronted 
  Ox 
  ; 
  while 
  

   in 
  Harding's 
  and 
  Baker's 
  pits, 
  at 
  a 
  rather 
  higher 
  level, 
  remains 
  of 
  

   Mammoth 
  and 
  Bhinoceros 
  are 
  comparatively 
  rare, 
  but 
  the 
  bones 
  of 
  

   Horse, 
  Ox, 
  and 
  Deer 
  occur 
  in 
  great 
  numbers. 
  

  

  He 
  has 
  kindly 
  furnished 
  me 
  with 
  the 
  following 
  list 
  of 
  land 
  and 
  

   freshwater 
  Shells 
  found 
  at 
  Pisherton 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Land 
  Shells. 
  

  

  Helix 
  arbustorum. 
  

  

  *Zonites 
  rotundatus. 
  

  

  nemoralis. 
  

  

  x 
  fulvus. 
  

  

  pygmsea. 
  

  

  radiatula. 
  

  

  Pupa 
  marginata. 
  

   Zua 
  lubrica. 
  

  

  pulchella. 
  

  

  rufescens. 
  

  

  Carychium 
  minimum 
  

   Acme 
  lineata. 
  

  

  hispida. 
  

  

  Limax 
  agrestis. 
  

  

  concmna. 
  

  

  

  Freshivat 
  

  

  er 
  Shells. 
  

  

  Succinea 
  putris. 
  

  

  *Planorbis 
  carinatus. 
  

  

  gracilis. 
  

  

  oblonga. 
  

  

  Ancylus 
  fluviatilis. 
  

  

  xBithynia 
  tentaculata. 
  

   Valvata 
  piscinalis. 
  

   Pisidium 
  amnicum. 
  

  

  Limnasa 
  truncatula. 
  

  

  * 
  fontinale. 
  

  

  palustris. 
  

  

  pulchellum. 
  

  

  peregra. 
  

  

  •Plan 
  or 
  bis 
  spirorbis. 
  

  

  pusillum. 
  

  

  # 
  obtusale. 
  

  

  Those 
  marked 
  * 
  are 
  not 
  included 
  in 
  Mr. 
  Brown's 
  list. 
  Succinea 
  oblonga 
  is 
  the 
  

   only 
  Shell 
  not 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  perhaps 
  the 
  most 
  extensive 
  list 
  of 
  fossils 
  collected 
  from 
  the 
  

   fluviatile 
  beds 
  of 
  a 
  single 
  locality 
  that 
  has 
  ever 
  yet 
  been 
  made 
  ; 
  and 
  

   it 
  is 
  the 
  more 
  remarkable, 
  since, 
  besides 
  comprising 
  remains 
  of 
  so 
  

   many 
  of 
  the 
  animals 
  which 
  are 
  known 
  to 
  have 
  inhabited 
  this 
  country 
  

   during 
  the 
  Post-pliocene 
  period, 
  it 
  furnishes 
  us 
  with 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  

   several 
  new 
  British 
  fossils. 
  The 
  Sperm<yphilus, 
  the 
  Lemming, 
  and 
  

   the 
  Wild 
  Goose 
  have 
  all, 
  I 
  believe, 
  been 
  found, 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  in 
  

  

  