RACES 7 



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

 elephant (E. a. cavendishi), 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 

 IO 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 



