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Some of the stuffed Rhinoceroses of the Natural History- 

 Museum are so placed that it is impossible to get near enough to 

 them to examine their hide in detail. In the Edinburgh Museum 

 of Science and Art, however, I had a rare opportunity of 



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Fig. 81.— (a) and [i] are from the shoulder and hip of an Indian Rhinoceros ; {c) from the 

 hip of another individual of the same species (Zoological Gardens) ; (rf) is a group of black 

 spots seen on the shoulder of a Horse ; {e) hide-plate from Hairy Rhinoceros of Chittagong 

 (Zoological Gardens). 



Fig. 82. — (a) From the lower and back part of the scapular shield ; (b) from the back 

 part of the pelvic shield, of an Indian Rhinoceros ( Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art) 

 — reduced. 



minutely examining the hide-shields of an Indian Rhinoceros 

 {R. Unicornis). 



From Fig. 82 it will be seen that the hide-knobs of this animal 

 resolve themselves into patterns almost identical with the armour 

 bone-plates of the Sturgeon and the Crocodile shown in Fig. 68 

 {b) and (c), and of the Glyptodon shown in Fig. 61 (g-). 



