518 Abstract of Mr. J. Prestwich's Report on [June 20, 



small rodents, no doubt of comparatively recent introduction. Omitting 

 these 519 specimens, the number of bones in the cave-earth is reduced to 

 1102. 



No coprolites were found in any part of the cave. 



The bones belong to 20 or 21 animals, referred by Dr. Falconer and Mr. 

 Busk to the following species : — 



1. Elephas primigenius. 11. Ursus spelceus. 



2. Rhinoceros tichorhinus. 12. ferox {priscus). 



3. JEquus cab alius. 13. arctos. 



4. Bos primigenius 1 14. Canis vulpes. 



5. taurusl 15. Lepus timidus. 



6. Cervus elaphus. 16. cuniculus. 



7. tarandus. 17. Lag omys spelceus. 



8. Capreolus capreolus. 18. Arvicola amphibius . 



9. Felis leo (var. spelcea). 19. ? 



10. Hycena spelcea. 20. Sor ex vulgaris. 



On these Mr. Busk makes the following remarks : — 



1. Remains of the Mammoth occurred in five situations, viz. the 

 Reindeer Gallery, the Flint-knife Gallery, the West Chamber, South 

 Chamber, and Steep Slide Hole. For the most part they appear to have 

 lain at a considerable depth, and, with one or two exceptions, they were the 

 only remains met with in the shingle bed. On the whole, it would appear 

 that these remains occupied the deepest levels in the cavern. 



The most remarkable specimens among these bones are an astragalus 

 and the lower end of the corresponding tibia, which were found in close 

 contiguity, and doubtless belonged to the same individual. It is tolerably 

 certain that they had been introduced into the cavern whilst still con- 

 nected by the soft parts. The astragalus, which is nearly entire, is much 

 gnawed on the inner, anterior, and hinder aspects, and the portion of 

 tibia is also gnawed on the same three sides, that upon which they lay 

 presenting no marks of the Hyaena's teeth. It is to be remarked that no 

 fragments of the tusks or teeth of the mammoth were met with, whence it 

 may perhaps be concluded that the remains discovered were merely the 

 relics of parts brought in by Carnivora for prey. 



2. The remains belonging to the Woolly Rhinoceros were rather nume- 

 rous, amounting to between sixty and seventy specimens : of these no less 

 than forty-nine occurred in the "Reindeer" and "Flint-knife galleries;" 

 they were usually met with at a considerable depth in the cave-earth. 

 In the South Chamber, however, one specimen, most probably rhinoce- 

 rine, though possibly elephantine, was found "in the stalagmite floor," 

 whilst other undoubted fragments occurred " immediately beneath it." A 

 curious circumstance with respect to the rhinocerine remains consists in 

 the numerous instances of the middle portion of the femur, or that part 

 which includes the base of the third trochanter, which have been gnawed 



