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African Elephants, as compared with the total width of the astragalus, stands in the 

 ratio of about 758 to 1000 ; whilst in E.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 E. 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 E. 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 E. 

 falconeri should be about 14", and the femur between 16" and 17". Again, in E. 



* 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 E. melitensls and E. falconeri. They have belonged to fully mature animals, and are drawn of 

 the natural size ; — 



E. fdlroneri. 



