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MR. R. LYBEKKER OX THE 



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presented by the Elepluiuts that have come under my notice. 

 Possibly it may be pronounced an unsatisfactory one ; and it is 

 confessedly but a preliminary recognisance, written in the hope 

 that it may lead to more definite results. Befoi-e such results can 

 be attained it is of prime importance that the Biitish Mviseum 

 should obtain mounted heads of a number of Elephants from 

 different jDarts of Africa ; and the assistance of sportsmen towards 

 this object is earnestly invoked, as if the work is to be done at 

 all, it is all important that it should not be delayed. I may also 

 express the hope that Dr. Matschie will speedily see his way to 

 publish photographs of the ears of the type specimens of the foui- 

 races recognised by himself. 



Text-fig. 119. 



Head of '-Jumbo," the male West Sudan Elepliant formerly belonging to 

 the Societ3'. 



In regard to the dwarf Congo Elephant {Elephas africanus 

 pu7nilio) of Prof. Noack, this appeal's to be characterised, ac- 

 cording to our present information, primarily by its small stature, 

 which is estimated to be about 7 feet. There is, however, no 

 definite information even on this point, as the living specimen, 

 now in America, upon which the desci'iption was based is 

 immature. According to a note kindly communicated to me by 

 Dr. Chalmers Mitchell, this Elephant difiers from the other races 

 of the species by the unusual shortness of the "finger" on the 



