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252 cated; while in that figured from Wookey Hole it tapers slightly to its end.

The two lower jaws from Windy Knoll are smaller and more delicate than the massive bone in the typical Ursus spelæus.

An examination of the molar series according to Professor Busk's admirable method, published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society,' No. 137, and in the 'Philosophical Transactions,' vol. clxiii. pl. 47, reveals at once that the animal was not the spelæan species, but closely allied to or undistinguishable from the Grisly Bear (Ursus ferox or priscus).

The upper molar series presents the following measurements:—

The mean of the measurements is represented in the odontogram of the upper dentition (fig. 3), which agrees precisely with that of Ursus priscus (ferox) published by Professor Busk (Phil. Trans, clxiii. pl. 47. fig. 9). The molar series, and especially the last true upper molar, differs from that of Ursus spelæus in all those points which have been enumerated in the above-cited memoir.

The Ursine bones do not demand especial notice. They are forty- six in number; most of them have been broken in the process of extraction.

§ 5. Wolf.—The Wolf (Canis lupus) is represented by seven jaws, nineteen teeth, and thirty-three bones. The bones present the following measurements (p. 253).

The number of individuals represented by the remains of Wolf amounts to at least seven; and these, with the exception of one young adult, were either in their prime or approaching old age.

§ 6. Other Animals.—The other animals which contributed their bones to this extraordinary accumulation are the Fox, Hare, Rabbit, Water-vole, Shrew, and Bat. Their remains are rare, and present no points worthy of further notice.