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TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



[NOV. 17, 



Comparison of Elephas. 



Teeth. Heart. Ears. 



Back. Toes. Hoofs. 



Covering. 



The small elephants referred to in the title had been much 

 noticed in the public press as " dwarf " elephants, and as de- 

 graded " mammoths." The taller one was under three feet in 

 height, and was black, with coarse, shining, bristle-like hair. 

 This hair was thicker and longer about the shoulders and head, 

 forming on the forehead a decided " bang." The smaller indi- 

 vidual, not over two and one-half feet high, was not so hairy. 

 The hairiness was their chief peculiarity, other features resem- 

 bling the young of E. Indicus. They were described with some 

 minuteness, and their reputed but evidently untrue history 

 given, and photographs of them were exhibited. The opinion 

 was expressed by the author tliat they were young Indian ele- 

 phants, perhaps from Sumatra, which had been " doctored." 



November I7th, 1884. 

 Stated Meeting. 

 The President, Dr. J. S. Newberry, in the chair. 

 Seventy persons present. 



Prof. O. P. Hubbard exhibited a portion of the skin of 

 the Siberian Mammoth now in the museum of St. Petersburg, 



