1907. 



EARS OF AFRICAN ELEPHANTS. 



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lower boi'cler of the tip of the trunk and nnusvial length of the 

 npper " finger." It also appears to have a darker skin than in 

 E. a. ci/clotis. (See infra, p. 447.) 



In conclusion, refereiice may be made to my account in the 

 'Field' newspaper for 1906* of the skull of an Elephant killed 

 by Mr. Stanley C. Tomkinsat the south end of the Albert Nyanza. 

 Mr. Tomkins, who presented the skull to the British Museum, 



Text-fis. 120. 



Front view of the Skull of tlie Sudan Elephant (Elejjhas afrlcauus oxijotis). 



also forwarded a photograph of the dead elephant as it lay on its 

 side in scrub-jungle. Unfortunately the photograph does not 

 show the complete contour of the ear ; but the portion visible, 

 althovigh apparently of the triangular type, does not seem to 

 agree with the ear of any of the specimens referred to above. 

 According to information supplied by Mr. Tomkins, both the 

 natives of the Albert Nyanza and sportsmen who have visited 



* Vol. cvli. p. 1089 (1906). 



