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MR. R. LYDEKKER ON THE 



[Apr. 23, 



The next specimen for considei'ation is the eai- of the Congo 

 Elephant killed by Major Powell-Cotton (text-fig. 111). The whole 

 contour is regularly rounded, and the transveise diameter rela- 

 tively large. That this type is quite different fi-om the ear of 

 E. africanus toxotis, as typified by the specimen represented in 

 text-fig. 106, is perfectly evident. Exclusive of the lappet, this 

 ear might well be described as oval ; the lappet itself being broad, 

 blunt, and short. It thus accords in genei-al chai-acter with the 



Text-ti^-. 111. 



Eight Ear of the Congo Elephant {ISlepJ/as africanus cj/c7otis?), from a male 

 killed bj' Major Powell-Cotton. 



E. africanus cijclotis of Di'. Matschie, from the South Camei'uns ; 

 but in the absence of a figure of the type of the lattei- it is 

 impossible to say how close the resemblance i-eally is. Under 

 these circumstances, all that can be done is to refei* Major Cotton's 

 specimen provisionally to the Cameruns race, with the suggestion 

 that if it prove distinct it should be named after the gallant 

 explorer. 



The Congo Elephant, it may be added, difiers from both the 



