392 



MR. R. LYDEKKER ON 'I'HE 



[Apr. 23, 



• lixtance, and the inai'giii then forming a regular curve till tlie 

 Avidth begins to narrow, when it runs obliquely to the exti-emity 

 of the small lapjjet which forms a symmeti-ical triangle. Although 

 I have but little doubt that this specimen rejjresents a distinct race, 

 I do not intend to propose a name, on account of its not being in 

 a Avell-known collection. 



1 now come to the male Elephant from Fort Manning, N.E. 

 Rhodesia (Nyasaland), mounted in the British Museum (Natural 

 History), of which the right side of the head is shown in text-fig. 

 113. The most striking features of the ear in this specimen are its 

 i-elatively small size and distinctly ti-iangular shape ; the upper 

 border, which rises, considerably above the vertex of the skull 

 and is reflected posteriorly to a depth of several inches, l>eing 



Text-fig 113. 



Head of Male Elephant from Fort Maiming, jS.E. Rhodesia (Uleplias africavvs 

 knochenhaueri ?), from the entire specimen in the British Museum. 



sti'ongly ai'ched and terminating in a mai-ked angle which forms 

 the outermost point of the ear, while the lowei- and inner boitlers 

 foi'm nearly straight lines meeting in the angular apex of the 

 lapj)et. The small relative size of the ear is indicated by the fact 

 that whereas the height of the specimen is 1 1 feet 4 inches, the 

 vei'tical diametei- of the ear (inclusive of the i-eflection) is 4 feet 

 2| inches and the transverse diameter 3 feet 5 inches ; the dimen- 

 sions of the ear thus being considerably inferior to those in the 

 Cape Elephant of 8 feet 8 inches in height recorded by Living- 

 stone. In addition to its small and triangular ears, the North- 

 east Rhodesian Elephant is also characterised by its relatively 

 small head and tusks. Although the dimensions and a figure of 



