I02 Sheppard : Remains of the Lion in East Yorkshire. 



that they differ somewhat from each other, but I am not pre- 

 pared to say that they are distinct species. In ' Zoologischen 

 Jahrbiichern ' for 12th March 1900, will be found figures of the 

 external male organs of E. sehauinstaudi Keen, and E. infundi- 

 biilifera Keen. I have met with one specimen very like the last. 



In Piersig-'s List in ' Das Tierreich,' I find of the 35 species 

 described, in 17 the male is said to be unknown. There is 

 therefore much work to be done before a complete monog-raph 

 of this family can be written. 



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REMAINS OF THE LION IN EAST YORKSHIRE. 



THOMAS SHEPPARD, F.G.S., 

 Hiill. 



For some time considerable interest has attached to the peat 

 deposit at Hornsea on account of the alleged discovery therein 

 of remains of the Lion (Eelis spelcea) in association with the Red 

 Deer, Irish ' Elk,' Horse, Bos primigenius, and Mammoth (?). 

 Attention was first drawn to the matter by Mr. Clement Reid, 

 in his 'Geology of Holderness,''"' where, in a list of remains 

 from the Hornsea deposit, Eelis spelcea is included, on . the 

 strength of a specimen or specimens in the Hull Museum. 

 Mr. Reid states that a curious point is brought out by his 

 list. ' It shows that some of the extinct Pleistocene mammals, 

 including Eelis spelcea and perhaps Elephas primigenius, are true 

 Post-glacial species, not confined to the North of England, as 

 has been stated, to inter-glacial beds.'t Further on, under the 

 .head of ' Post-glacial Natural History of Holderness,' Mr. Reid 

 again refers to the Lion at Hornsea. 



On examining the collection of mammalian remains at the 

 Hull Museum, a metartarsal bone 53/^ inches long, labelled as 



" ' Geolog"ical Surve}- Memoir,' 1885, p. 82. 



t Wilh reg-ard to the Mammoth, Mr. Reid adds. ' Unfortunately, though 

 several teeth of the Mammoth have been found at Hornsea, it is not quite 

 certain whether an}- of them reall}' belong- to this deposit, so it must still be 

 left doubtful whether the species really lived in Holderness in Post-g-lacial 

 times.' In the opinion of the present writer, no remains of the Mammoth 

 have ever been found in the peat deposits of Holderness. Teeth, etc.. have 

 certainly been seen o)i the peat, which is exposed on the beach at different 

 laces, but they are beach-worn, and have been derived from the glacial 

 1 eds, just as have the boulders found along- with them. In the same list 

 Mr. Reid includes 'Bos prhnigeiiiiis (?) (Hull Museum).' The '(?)' can 

 safely be removed, as there are remains of that animal in the Hull Museum, 

 not only from the peat at Hornsea, but from ether Post-glacial deposits on 

 h e Holderness coast. 



Natii ralist. 



