66 EXTINCT BRITISH ANIMALS. 



Irish Acad.," 1877, 2nd ser. vol. iii.*), remains of the 

 Reindeer have been found in shell-marl under the 

 Bog of Ballyguiry, near Dungarvan, co. Waterford ; 

 in the mud of Lough Gur, co. Limerick ; and in clay 

 under peat at Ballybetagh, near Kiltiernan, co. Dublin, 

 where in 1847 the skull, horns, and lower jaw of a 

 Reindeer were discovered by Mr. Moss. But the 

 most remarkable discovery of remains of this animal 

 in Ireland was that made in 1861, when a very 

 perfect skull, with the antlers still attached, was 

 found on the edge of the Curragh Bog, near Ash- 

 bourne, co. Dublin. This was brought to the notice 

 of the Royal Dublin Society by Dr. Carte in 1863, 

 and is regarded as the finest specimen of Reindeer 

 which has yet been found in a fossil state.t 



Dr. Carte has also noticed three antlers, found at 

 Coonagh, on the south side of the Shannon, in co. 

 Clare. A large number of remains, representing at 

 least thirty-five individuals, were found in Shandon 

 Cave, near Dungarvan, associated with the bones of 

 other animals. J These specimens have all been 

 preserved, either in the museum of Trinity College, 

 or in the Museum of Science and Art, Dublin ; and 

 a noteworthy character of the horns is the uniformity 

 of the beam, which is slender and round, as in 

 English specimens and in the existing Reindeer of 



* See alao a paper by the same author on ' Recent and Extinct 

 Irish Mammals/ " Proc. Roy. Dub. Soc," March, 1878. 



f Carte, " Journ. Geol. Soc. Dub.," vol. x., p. 103, pi. vii.; and Oeol. 

 Mag., vol. iii., p. 546. 



t Carte, " Journ. Roy. Dub. Soc," vol. ii. p. 12 ; and Leith Adams, 

 " Trans. Roy. Irish Acad.," vol. xxvi., p. 217. 



