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In the description of the remains from the Robin-Hood Cave in this Journal (August 1876, p. 245), attention was drawn to the fact that the cave was inhabited by hyænas during the time of the deposition of the red sand below, the cave-earth, and the breccia above, and that no traces of man were found below the cave-earth. The late exploration confirms the hyæna-occupation; but it proves also that man was living in the neighbourhood at the time when the red sands and clays were being deposited on the unfossiliferous grey sand which covered the rocky floor (see preceding sections).

The breccia of the previous exploration turned out to be a mere local deposit, which was represented in other parts of the cave by the upper strata of cave-earth. Consequently, in the following list of the vertical range of the animals in the cave, I have classified it with the cave-earth, with which also is included the mottled stratum noted in Mr. Mello's sections, which does not seem to me to differ in any important degree from the cave-earth. The specimens from the superficial deposits above the stalagmite will be reserved for separate treatment.

The following Table shows the distribution of the animals in the Pleistocene strata.

From this Table it is evident that the animals were, on the whole, more rare during the deposit of the red sand below than during the