192 CATALOGUE. 



The Chan-than people sometimes catch them by snares, sometimes 

 shoot them. From all I have seen of the animal, I should pronounce 

 him to be neither a horse nor an ass. His shape is as much like that 

 of the one as the other, but his cry is more like braying than neighing. 

 The prevailing colour is a light reddish, chesnut, but the nose, the 

 under part of the lower jaw and neck, the belly, and legs, are white ; 

 the mane is dun and erect ; the ears are moderately long ; the tail bare, 

 and reaching a little below the hock ; the height is about fourteen hands. 

 The form, from the fore to the hind leg and feet, to a level with the 

 back, is more square than that of an ass ; his back is less straight, and 

 there is a dip behind the withers, and rounding of the crupper, which 

 is more like the shape of the horse ; his neck is also more erect and 

 arched than that of the ass. He is, perhaps, more allied to the 

 Quagha, but without stripes, except a reported one along each side of 

 the back to the tail. These were distinctly seen in a foal, but were 

 not distinguished in the adults." 



Fam. 3. ELEPHANTID^, Gray, Cat. 

 Mamm. Br. Mus. Syst. List, XXVII. 



a. ELEPHANTINA. 

 Genus ELEPHAS, Linn, et al 



278. ELEPHAS INDICUS, Linn. 



The ELEPHANT. 



HASTI, Sanscrit, Bengali, &c. 



HATHI, Hindustani, from the Sans. Hasti. 



GAJ and GUJ, Bengali, &c., from Sans. Gaja. 



GADJAH, Malayan. 



A. Skull of a male Elephant. 



B. Skull of a female Elephant. 



C. Skull of a young Elephant. 



D. Skull of a foetus. 



E. and F. Sections of grinders. 



Presented by John (Corse) Scott, Esq. Described by John 

 Corse, Esq. (Phil. Trans. 1799, II. 205.) 



Two sets of the grinders of the Asiatic Elephant, presented 

 by John McClelland, Esq. 



