Photo: W. P. Dando. 



INDIAN ELEPHANT 



There have been many different kinds of elephants in the course of the ages, but there are 

 now only two, Elcphas indicus (above) and E. africanus. The African Elephant is larger 

 with much bigger ears, with a more sloping head without the two rounded bosses of the 

 Indian, and the tip of the trunk has two triangular processes, one above and one below. The 

 Indian species is the only one that is used as a beast of burden. 



MAY 10. JUNE 6. 



THE GROWTH OF ANTLERS IN THE FALLOW DEER 



JULY 18. 



The young bucks show the first traces of antlers in their second year, but they do not get beyond mere ' ' snags. ' ' During the next 

 lour years they become finer and finer. The antlers of the old bucks are usually shed about the beginning of May, and the new 

 growth begins soon afterwards (see May 10). The antlers are rounded at the base, but become flattened or palmated higher up. as the 

 third figure (July 1 8) well shows. Common report credits the Romans with introducing the Fallow Deer into Britain, but fossil 

 remains have been found in at least one British cave. The general colour in summer is yellowish-fawn above with rows of large 

 white spots; in winter the spots almost disappear. 



