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forwards as it is in E. africanus and E. melitensis. The transverse processes also are 
very convex in front, instead of concave as they are in the latter species; the outer 
surface of the process of bone connecting the transverse and articular processes is 
rounded in the Sumatran Elephant instead of concave. Many of these differences are 
doubtless attributable to difference of age; but on the whole we may presume that 
the 7th cervical vertebra of E. melitensis has more of the African than Asiatic character. 
In order to render more distinct some of the diversities presented by this vertebra in 
the different instances cited, I have subjoined the accompanying woodcuts, which are 
drawn to a scale of one-third the natural size— 
E. (var.) swnatrensis. 
E. indicus. E. melitensis. 
all of which represent the posterior view of the neural arch. 
3. A dorsal vertebra (Pl. XLVI. fig. 10), either the 6th or 7th, but in all probability 
