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Show 448 PROF, FLOWER O N RHINOCEROS BICORNIS. [NOV. 19, (Gavceus gaurus). The other is the * Sapio ' of the Malays. black ; but has the belly, the inner sides of both fore and hind legs, and stockings chestnut; the grey patch on the forehead is rusty, and the insides of the ears are strongly tinged with chestnut. I have seen an old bull, standing over 18 hands, with massive horns, coloured thus ; and the other day Dr. E. A. Travers shot, in Jelebu, a young bull almost exactly the size of the Sladang now sent, and it was coloured exactly like the large bull. The quite young of this form are said to be entirely chestnut, and the cows to have the chestnut of the stockings, belly, and inner sides of the legs darker and richer coloured than in the bulls. There is, I think, no doubt upon the subject; the Malays, who are not likely to make a mistake in such a matter, recognize two species.'' Prof. Flower exhibited the skin of the face of a male African Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros bicornis), shot by Sir John C. Willoughby, Bart., on the eastern side of the base of Kilimanjaro mountain. In addition to the two normal horns, it presented a third, of irregular form, placed in the median line on the lower part of the forehead. Prof. Flower made the following remarks on this specimen :- " The anterior horn is 13| inches long, measured along its curved anterior surface, or 12 inches measured in a straight line from the side of the base to the apex, and is 20 inches in circumference at the base. The apex is considerably worn and polished. The base of the second horn is, as usual, in contact with the first, and it is 2 inches shorter, measuring 10 inches along the side from base to apex. It is more upright and compressed than the anterior horn. There is an interval of 4 inches between the hinder edge of the base of this and the front of the third horn. This supplementary horn is 5| inches in height and \7\ in circumference at the base, which has an irregular, unsymmetrical, somewhat triangular form. It is composed of the same fibrous structure as the normal horns, but of a coarser character, and showing a tendency to split up into columnar masses, |
