ZOOLOGICAL 

 SOCIETY BULLETIN 



No. i() Plblished i)v thk Nkw Yokk Zoological Society October, igo^ 



THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT 



AFTER a considerable period of waiting, the 

 Zoological Society is at last in possession of 

 an elephant from Africa. On July 25th a fine 

 male specimen arrived from the French Congo 

 country, West Africa, and entered the Park as the 

 gift of Mr. Charles T. Barney, Chairman of the 

 E.xecutive Committee. It is specially distinguished 

 by the roundness of its ears, and their small size in 

 comparison with those of other .Xfrican elephants. 



In the few portions of Africa yet inhabited by 

 wild elephants, conditions are so difficult that the 

 capture of even a baby elephant, its upkeep in the 

 jungles for four months, and its successful trans- 

 portation to the coast, are matters of great difficulty. 

 During the past four years Mr. Hagenbeck's agents 

 in the field have captured two small East African 

 elephants for us, but both died before reaching the 

 coast. 



INDIAN F.M;I'HANT "GUNDA" and AFRICAN ELEPH.\NT "CONGO.' 

 The photograph shows the marked difTercnce in the contour of the head. 



