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MR. K. LYDEKKER UX THE 



[Apr. 23, 



The upper border is strongly ai'dunl, with tlie eurvatiu'e eoutinueil 

 along- the outer luargiu, whei'e thei'e is no angulation, foi' a 

 coiisidei-able distanee, after which the ear x'apidly narrows to the 

 extremity of the long and pointeil lappet. The tusks ai-e large 

 and of a relatively slender type. If I am right in identifying 

 the North-east llhodesian Elephant with E. a. hnochenhaueri, 

 it seems perfectly evident that Mr. PeeUs animal must represent 

 another i-aee, which is e(]ually distinct from the more northern 

 E. a. oxi/otis. 



Text -fig. 115. 



Head of Mm1i> Kloiih;uit trom the l.;ila' Itvutolt' District [Khplmx <(frinniiis 

 careiuUsJii^. sliot by "Mv. 11. S. 11. C'iivtnulisl!, mul now in the British jMnseuni 

 (Natural History). 



Since the ahove Avas written Mr. Rothschild has sent lue a 

 photograph of the Elephant's head from South-east Africa in 

 his museum, to which reference is made on page 282. It appears 

 in all respects similar to tlie liead of Mr. Peel's s])ecimen, and 

 may be I'eferred to the same race, of which the long slender 

 tusks form a. feature. For this race I propose the name E. afri- 

 canns peeli, making Mr. Rothschild's specimen a '"co-type." 

 ^ 'From the compafative nearness of the Lake Rudolf district to 

 the Aberdare IVIountains, it might be i-easonable to suppose that the 



