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Part III. — General Remarks on the Animal Remains. 
Bones belonging to 20 or 21 species of mammals and of several species of birds were 
met with. The mammalian species that have been identified with certainty are : — 
1 . Elephas primi genius. 
2. Rhinoceros ticJiorhinus. 
3. j Eguus cab alius. 
4. Bos primi genius. 
5. longifrons. 
6. Cervus elaphus. 
7. tarandus. 
8. Capreolus capr coins. 
9. Fells spelcea. 
10. Hycena spelcea. 
11. Ursus spelceus. 
12. prisons (s. ferox fossilis). 
13. arctos. 
14. Cards vulpes. 
15. Meles taxus. 
16. Lepus timidus. 
17. cuniculus. 
18. Lagomys spelceus. 
19. Arvicola amphibius. 
20 . ? 
21. Cor ex vulgaris. 
I. Proboscidia. 
1 . Elephas primi genius. 
The remains of the Mammoth occurred in five situations, viz. the Reindeer Gallery, 
the Flint-knife Gallery, the West Chamber, the South Chamber, and the Steep Slide 
Hole. For the most part they appear to have lain at a considerable depth, and, with 
one or two exceptions, are the only remains met with in the fourth bed. In the 
Reindeer Gallery a well-marked condyle of the lower jaw was found on the surface of 
the fourth bed ; but as the ground in that situation had been previously disturbed, the 
exact site is uncertain. In the Flint-knife Gallery a fragment of the femur, 6 inches 
long, occurred at a depth of 6 inches in the same bed; whilst in the West Chamber an 
astragalus and great part of the corresponding tibia were found at a depth of 13 feet in 
the third bed, or nearly at its base. In the South Chamber and in Steep Slide Hole 
the remains (which, it should be remarked, have not been identified with absolute cer- 
tainty) were met with more superficially. On the Avhole, it would appear that the 
elephantine remains occupied the deepest levels in the cavern. 
The parts most worthy of attention are : — the condyle of the lower jaw above 
referred to, the astragalus and tibia found in the West Chamber, and the portion of 
the shaft of a femur found in the Flint-knife Gallery. 
The condyle, which, though evidently gnawed, is very entire, is about 3 '5 inches in 
its transverse diameter, and in size corresponds with that of an African Elephant of the 
usual size. The form of the condyle also approaches that of the African rather than of 
the Asiatic Elephant, the resemblance with the former consisting chiefly in its greater 
thickness compared with the transverse diameter, and the squareness, as it were, of the 
inner side, where in the Asiatic Elephant the condyle is more rounded and tapering. 
The astragalus, which is also nearly entire, is much gnawed, especially on the inner, 
