270 MR. BUSK ON THE REMAINS OF 
African Elephants, as compared with the total width of the astragalus, stands in the 
ratio of about 758 to 1000; whilst in 7. falconeri it is about 900 *. 
If we proceed to compare the size of the astragalus with the computed and actual 
dimensions of the humerus and femur referred to &. falconeri, the result would, at 
first sight, seem to indicate an animal of rather greater stature than was assigned to 
that species from other considerations. For instance, in the Sumatran Elephant in the 
British Museum, which may be taken to represent the type of a somewhat diminutive 
variety of H. indicus, the width of the astragalus is about 4”, and the length of the 
humerus 28”, and of the femur 33:5, in accordance with which the humerus of /. 
falconeri should be about 14”, and the femur between 16” and 17”. Again, in £. 
* The subjoined figures, taken from specimens in Dr. Leith Adams's collection, which has come into my hands 
since this paper was read and the above account of the astragalus drawn up, represent what I regard as the 
astragali of Z. melitensis and E. falconeri. They have belonged to fully mature animals, and are drawn of 
the natural size :— 
E. melitensis. 
E. falconeri. 
