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SUMATRAN ELEPHANT. 



The existence of two species of elephants has long been es- 

 tablished the African and the Indian, the former differing 

 from the latter in having much larger ears, which cover the 

 greater part of the shoulders, as well as the whole neck, and 

 often touch each other upon the nape. This difference is so 

 striking as to be appreciable at once, although there are still 

 other characteristics, such as the more arched and less flat- 

 tened forehead of the African, the more stoutly developed 

 tusks which are often found in the female, while, as is well 

 known, the female Indian elephant is entirely destitute of 

 these weapons. More recently, the fact that the island of 

 Sumatra is the only one in the Indian Archipelago where the 

 elephant occurs in a wild state suggested the inquiry wheth- 

 er this might not be a distinct species, and the investigations 

 of Dr. Schlegel, the eminent director of the Leyden Museum, 

 have led him to this conclusion. Like the elephant of the 

 main land of India, the ears of this animal are very small, and 

 the form of the skull is somewhat the same ; but the number 

 of dorsal vertebrae, as well as of pairs of ribs, differs decided- 

 ly, there being twenty-one in the African elephant, twenty in 

 the Sumatran, and nineteen in the Indian. The Sumatran ele- 

 phant seems to be more slender and delicate in its form, and 

 to have a longer and thinner snout. It is also said to mani- 

 fest decidedly greater intelligence than the elephant of Ben- 

 gal. Zoologische Garten,!!., 1870, 333, 



GAME-TRADE AT CHICAGO. 







An interesting article appeared lately in the Chicago Times 

 in regard to the game-trade of that city. This contained an 

 elaborate account of the different kinds of game, both flesh 

 and fowl, brought into Chicago, with the names of the dealers, 

 and the statement of the receipts and sales. According to 

 this article, there have been two new features of the market 

 of that city in the past season. First, the shipment of a great 

 many grouse and quail direct to England, where they arrive 

 in about eighteen or twenty days, and where they brought 

 good prices ; second, the canning of prairie chickens, whicli 

 has been done to the extent of three hundred dozen on one 

 single Baltimore order. The cans are made large enough to 



