FELIS SPELAIA. 155 
Flutton Cave. 
Bones or Wier. 
Maxillary (Pl. XIII, fig. 1) és shoe aie Wha dg h alesunol tai 00 ara 
Lower jaws, a pair of (PI. XIII, fig. 3) ...... 2 A pair of femora (Pl. XXII, figs. 7, 8) ...... 2 
(Me eS 2 eo 1 Tibiasy. 2354 A fe anise de Cc Rota te cette Seeman eee 1 
A pair of humeri (P1. XXII, fig. 1)............ 2 Calcaneum (Pl. XXII, fig. 10). 
mopar of ulne (Pl. XXII, fig. 2).....,......:.. Pts 
' The skull and lower jaws, Pls. VI, VII, VIII, IX, were obtained either from Sandford 
Hill or Hutton Caves. 
The accumulation of so enormous a quantity of the remains of the Lion in the caves 
of so small an area may be accounted for by the peculiar position of the Mendip Hills, 
that command fertile valleys on the north, and look out towards the south and west over 
a plain which, in Post-glacial times, occupied a large portion of the Bristol Channel. 
Around them were the feeding-grounds of incalculable numbers of the Reindeer, Bison, and 
Horse, of the Mammoth and tichorhine Rhinoceros, and, therefore, we might expect to find 
the carnivora present in very great abundance. ‘There is evidence, indeed, that a larger — 
number, not only of Lions, but also of Bears and Hyzenas, existed in the district than have 
yet been proved to have lived in a similar area at any time in the past history of the earth. 
To the south of this district no leonine remains have been discovered as far as the 
outcrop of the Devonian Limestones on the shores of Torquay and Plymouth. In the Brixham 
Cave two phalanges’ were found along with flint flakes and the remains of the Hyzena, Bear, 
and other animals; in that of Kent’s Hole, explored by the Rev. J. McEnery, an upper 
jaw, four teeth, and an ulna;’ and in that of Oreston, near Plymouth, explored by Mr. 
Whidby, three canines, one humerus (Pl. X VIII, fig. 1),one metacarpal, and two metatarsals.” 
Nor were they less rare on the opposite side of the Bristol Channel in South Wales. 
The researches of Col. Wood and Dr. Falconer have resulted only in the discovery of an 
upper jaw and five teeth (Pl. XI, figs. 1, 2, 5) in the Cave of Ravenscliff, three canines 
and a fragment of skull in that of North Hill Tor,* and a few fragmentary remains from 
those of Spritsail Tor and Long Hole;° from a cave on Caldy Island also a carnassial 
has been obtained by the Rev. F. Smith. In North Wales, a cave at Cefn, in Denbighshire, 
is quoted by Dr. Falconer as containing the remains of Felis spelea, but we have been 
unable to submit them to a personal examination. 
These are all the cases of the occurrence of the animal in Great Britain revealed by 
a careful search in every public and private museum and collection of note in the kingdom. 
The absence, therefore, of the animal from certain districts cannot be accounted for on 
1 Tn the possession of the Royal Society. 
2 In the British Museum, that of the College of Surgeons, and of the Geological Society, and in the 
possession of the Earl of Enniskillen. 
3 In the British Museum, that of Leeds, and that of the Geological Survey of England. 
4 « Paleeontological Memoirs of the late Dr. Falconer,’ vol. ii, p. 458. © Oph cit. ps o25 
