396 MR. R. LYDEKKEll ON THE [Apr. 23) 



whether- this is correct, or whether the couditiou ;ilters according 

 as to whether the eai's are in repose or cocked, 1 a,m unable to 

 state. 



Text-fie'. 116. 



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Head of the " Queen's Elepliant," an immature Male Sudan Elephant 

 {JEleplias africamts oxyotis), formerly owned bj' the Societj'. 



I take as a typical example of this race the head of the well- 

 known " Queen's Elephant " formerly in the Society's collection 

 (text-fig. 116). This animal came from Abyssinia. A second 

 example of the same race is the young Abyssiniaii Elephant now 

 living in the menagerie in the Regent's Park, whose ears accord 

 very closely in shape with those in the photograph of the " Queen's 

 Elephant." 



The largest eai-s I have seen are those of an Elepliant killed 

 by Mr. A. Haig on the Blue Nile, one of which is shown in 

 text-fig. 117. This specimen, as mounted (possibly with some 

 stretchine'), has a maximum vertical diameter of no less than 



