ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



821 



THE ENTIRE MACKAY COLLECTION OF ELK, BISON AND MOOSE HEADS. 



THE REAL HEIGHT OF JUMBO. 



INASMUCH as Jumbo, the great African ele- 

 phant brought to America by Mr. P. T. 

 Barnum in 1882, was probably the tallest 

 elephant that ever lived in America, his standing 

 height has been a question of more than passing 

 interest. When Jumbo was shown in Washing- 

 ton, D. C, in 1883, the writer secured from 

 Mr. Barnum a card of permission to measure 

 Jumbo, "provided Mr. Bailey consents." When 



that card was presented to Mr. Bailey, his in- 

 dignation was as colossal as the great pachy- 

 derm. "Measure Jumbo? Z»-deed !" 



So far as we know, Jumbo went to his death, 

 in front of a locomotive, with his exact height 

 unknown. Professor Ward's men measured him 

 dead, and declared his height to be eleven feet 

 four inches; and for twenty years the matter 

 rested there. 



Recently Mr. Robert Gilfort, of Orange, N. J., 



