Laplorations in the Bone Cave of Ballynamintra. 207 
Brrps—AMPHIBIA AND INVERTEBRATES. 
Long bones of birds were found in No. 2 and crevices of the wall. A few showed 
the dark colouring and dendritic markings of the more ancient exuvie, and several 
were encrusted with stalagmite, whilst others had quite a recent aspect. They 
were met with also in No. 1, especially in its upper portion. Some of their appen- 
dicular elements indicated waders allied to herons, large sandpipers and small 
plovers, besides land birds of the size of the rook, pigeon, and smaller species. In 
No. 1 the pellets (¢) of rapacious birds, possibly of owls, contained fragments of 
bones of frogs. 
The Invertebrata were represented by a valve of a marine mussel (Mytilus), which 
with a limpet (Patella) lay close to stone rubbers, striking stones, and large lumps 
of charcoal, at a distance of eighteen to nineteen feet from the entrance and in the 
centre of No, 2 deposit. The land shells (Helix), found at a depth of six feet in 
No. 2, had in all probability crawled into the interior. 
The time and labour bestowed on the explorations connected with Ballynamintra 
cave have been considerable, and much pains have been taken in determining the 
facts elicited by its deposits and exuvie. As regards the latter, I feel bound to 
acknowledge the assistance I have received from my valued coadjutor, Mr. Ussher, 
who not only superintended the explorations, but has rendered me valuable aid in 
the cataloguing and classifying of more than 1,100 remains from this interesting 
bone cave. 
Man. 
Characters and Distribution of the Human Bones. 
I have been enabled to determine with certainty about thirty-seven fragments 
belonging to at least. two skeletons. 
The following is a list of the specimens with their numbers and conditions as 
recorded in our catalogue, and also the deposit in which each bone was found :— 
Nos. 747, 746. Right and left supra-orbital portions of a frontal, possibly belonging to one person. The 
supra-orbital ridges are prominent. They are discoloured (No. 1 ?), Plate XIV., fig. 9. 
No. 749. Fragment of a left temporal, including the tympanic, mastoid, and part of the petrous portions. 
Discoloured (No. 1 ?). 
Nos. 750, 751, 752. Fragments of parietal and occipital. Discoloured (No. 1 2). 
Nos. 753, 756. Fragment of a frontal. Discoloured (No. 1 2). 
Nos. 754, 755, 757. Ditto parietal showing a dark exterior with light brown dendritic markings. Thick 
central table (No. 1 2). 
No. 758. Supra-occipital with a thick squamous portion, the curved lines not sharply defined (No. 1 4). 
No. 759, Ex-occipital thin squamous portion and pronounced curved lines (No. 1 2). 
No. 204. Canine, somewhat worn on the crown (No. 2). 
No. 762. First premolar lower, slightly touched by wear (No. 1 ?). 
No. 761. Premolar, well worn, unevenly (No. 1). 
