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BRITISH FOSSIL ELEPHANTS. 
A centrum of a first dorsal in the above gentleman’s possession is 7'4xl0'4 inches 
in the transverse direction, and is 3'5 inches in thickness. 
Ihere is a large second dorsal, No. 27,878, B. M., covered with barnacles and shells 
of Serpvlce, dredged off Clacton, Essex. 
The tip of the spine is lost, otherwise the bone is entire. It is 22 inches in height, 
with a maximum breadth of 13 inches. The centrum is 2 - 2 inches in thickness, and 5'4 
in height, by 6’5 in breadth. The vertebral canal is nearly an equilateral triangle, being 
2-7 in height, by 2*8 inches at the base. 
Other two specimens, one a first dorsal, the other from about the middle of the series, 
aie in the above collection from the same locality. It is just possible, however, that both 
may belong to JE. antiquus. The first dorsal has a neural canal 3'6x2’8 inches in 
breadth ; the centrum is 5 inches in height and 6 inches broad. The height of spine and 
neural canal is 14 inches, and thickness 2-4 inches. The middle dorsal shows a less 
triangular canal, and is 2’5 X 2-8 in breadth, with a centrum 5 inches in height by 6 in 
breadth. The height, including spine, from the centrum, is 16 A, and thickness of the 
latter 2'4 inches. 
ihc fiagments of Ribs and portions of Sterna in collections are not sufficiently entire 
for comparative purposes. 
4. PELVIC GIRDLE, 
Hie huge pelvic bones from the Norfolk Coast have been already referred to at page 
151, in connection with the elements of the pelvis of the Mammoth, with which they 
agiee in general characters but differ remarkably as regards dimensions. At the same 
tune, until similar parts in E. antiquus have been described, it seems uncertain whether 
these huge bones belong to its skeleton or to that of the species under consideration. 
5. SHOULDER GIRDLE. 
Scapula. 
Remains of huge shoulder-blades are represented by several specimens in the 
Norwich and British Museums, but, with the exception of the glenoid cavity, few other 
points admit of comparison being made between them and the scapula) described at page 
145. The following table will suffice to show the dimensions attained by the Elephants 
from the Forest Bed and other deposits along the East Coast of England. 
