RACES 7 



Somewhat farther to the north-east we have the Lake Rudolf 

 elephant {E. a. cavcndisJii), which is nearly allied to the last, but has 

 broader ears, with a shorter lappet. In the type specimen, which was 

 killed by Mr. H. S. H. Cavendish to the east of the Lake, and is in 



Fig. 5. — Part of the head of the Aberdare Elephant, from a specimen in the Tring Museum. 



the British Museum, the ears, inclusive of the fold, measure 4 feet 

 10 inches in depth by 2 feet i i inches in breadth, and the tusks are 

 of medium size. An elephant in the Royal Scottish Museum at 

 Edinburgh, killed by Major Powell-Cotton in the Lado enclave, about 

 five degrees north of the equator, may be provisionally assigned to 

 this race. The ears in this specimen (fig. 4) measure, exclusive of 



