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ment, which also indicates approximately the number of individuals represented :—

TABLE OF THE FAUNA.

Extinct Animals Animals withdrawn from the district Still living in district Domesticated

To the North To the Alps To America To the North and the Alps To the adjoining districts and countries

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28.

Cave-lion Mammoth Rhinoceros Urus. Reindeer Glutton Arctic Fox Chamois Ibex Alpine Hare Marmot Wapiti(?) Red Fox Ptarmigan Wisent Red Stag Bear Lynx Wild Cat Wolf. Wild Swan Wild Goose Sea Eagle Common Fox Field Hare(?) Raven Dog(?) Horse

3 4-6 1-2 1 250 4 3 1 1 500 1 1 40-50 80 6 6 2-3 3 1 17 1 2 1 2-3 2 3 1 20

 

Schussenried, Wurtemberg.

The Palæolithic station of Schussenried was situated on the watershed of the extensive plateau which separates the valley of the Danube from the lake basin of Constance. The whole district, especially on the Danubian slope, is covered by a thick mantle of peat. In 1865, workmen engaged in cutting a canal 4 metres or more in depth, to rectify some changes at the source of the river Schussen, turned out large quantities of bones and antlers, which they took to be those of ordinary deer. Some of these fell into the hands of M. Vallet, a chemist in the village of Schussenried, and were preserved at his residence as curiosities. Professor Krauss of Stuttgart, who happened to be in the neighbourhood, on seeing these bones and horns at