402 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Palfeo-zoologists and ornithologists owe much to Mr. E. T. 

 Newton, F.B.S., who has spared neither time nor trouble in the 

 task of deciphering the hundreds if not thousands of bones sub- 

 mitted to him. It may be said that of the many caves referred 

 to,* there are only a few, and those of the earlier period, whose 

 relics have not been through his hands. For my own part I 

 have gratefully to acknowledge the help and assistance he has 

 been to me in this paper and at other times. 



Mr. A. S. Kennard, F.G.S., who is now investigating a richly 

 fossiliferous fissure cave at Chudleigh (not McEnery's cave), has 

 kindly permitted me to use his MS. list of birds, determined by 

 Mr. Newton. The opening to the cave, which has been used as 

 the eyrie of some small bird of prey for some years, is now some 

 thirty feet above beach, but must formerly have been more 

 accessible, as the bones of Pig, Ox, and Eed Deer suggest human 

 occupation. The mammalian bones now under examination 

 contain the Tailless Hare (Pika), and carry it back to Mid- 

 Pleistocene Age. 



The bird bones from the Mammoth Cave at Castlepook, near 

 Doneraile, Co. Waterford, are in hand, and a list will be 

 published in due course. 



The writer's thanks are due to Messrs. J. H. Gurney, 

 Kennard, Jackson, Dr. Scharff, and the late E. T. Ussher, Eev. 

 E. H. Mullins, Dr. Male, and many other friends, who have 

 furnished him with much information and help in making the 

 list so complete. 



Post-Tertiary Birds. 

 Mistle-Thrush (Turdus viscivorous, L.). — Caves: Wye Valley, 

 Chudleigh ; ? Grimes Graves. Ireland : Doneraile, KeBh, Eden- 

 vale. 



Song-Thrush (T. musicus, L.). — Caves : Clevedon, Chudleigh, 

 Langwith Bassett, Ightham. Ireland: Kesh, Edenvale, Bantick, 

 Newhall. 



Eedwing (T. iliacus, L.). — Caves: Clevedon, Chudleigh, 

 Longcliffe, Langwith Bassett. Ireland : Kesh (Plunkett), Eden- 

 vale, Bantick, Newhall. 



* The reader is referred to the Appendix for papers containing detailed 

 information on the different caves, &c, and their contents, which have 

 furnished the present material for this article. 



