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MAMMALIA FOUND AT WINDY KNOLL.
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(ferox) with those of U. spelæus in the magnificent series in the Museum of Toulouse, as well as in those which have passed through my hands during the last fourteen years, proves that the spelæus-tooth is, on the whole, more massive, and especially in regard to its fang (compare fig. 2 with fig. 1). It is also generally, but not always, absolutely larger in the crown, as Professor Busk has remarked in his description of the teeth from the Brixham cave.

Fig. 1.—Upper Canine of Ursus priscus, from Windy Knoll
(nat. size).

Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, vol. 31 no. 17 fig. 1.png

Fig. 2.—Upper Canine of Ursus spelæus, from Wookey Hole
(nat. size).

Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, vol. 31 no. 17 fig. 2.png

In the upper canine from Windy Knoll (fig. 1) the fang is trim-