366 ON THE HYOID BONE OF THE ELEPHANT: [May 4, 
pointed process is sent off at an acute angle.” And in Prof. 
Flower’s ‘Osteology’ it is said that ‘the stylohyals are remarkable 
for having a long pointed process projecting downwards from near 
the middle of their posterior border.’ Prof. Morrison Watson * 
enters fully into the description of the hyoid muscles, without men- 
tioning, though evidently correctly understanding, the disposition of 
the bones with which they are associated. 
From the above remarks it is evident that the thick short portion 
of each stylohyal is assumed to be the body of that bone, the 
pointed process being considered to be an accessory part of it. 
Such, however, is not the case—the slender pointed process in 
reality corresponding to the long body of the stylohyal in the 
bh. 
Hyoid bones of Indian Elephant. 
Perisso- and Artiodactyla, whilst the short thick process is the 
posterior descending process. That such is the case I have been 
able to prove recently in two specimens. 
* Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, November 1874, p. 131. 
