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Show PROCEEDINGS O P TH E GENERAL MEETINGS FOR SCIENTIFIC BUSINESS O P T I IK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 1904, Vol. II. (May to December). May 3, 1904. G. A. B o u len g er, Esq., F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. The Secretary exhibited, on behalf of Dr. Graham Renshaw, F.Z.S., an outline-drawing of a young African Elephant showing an unusual development of the hairy covering of the body. Dr. Renshaw had supplied the following notes on the specimen in question :- " The Elephant was a small calf presented by M. Verreaux to the Jardin cles Plantes Museum, Paris, the locality being somewhat loosely given as ‘ the Cape of Good Hope.' No date appeared on the label, but as a skeleton of a female Rhinoceros simus (mounted in the adjoining gallery of Comparative Anatomy) was labelled ‘ Ed. Yerreaux, 1846,' perhaps it might be assumed that the Elephant was also presented about that date. In any case, it had evidently been in the collection for very many years. The hairy covering showed a remarkable development in many parts of the body. In this specimen the tusks had not begun to appear at the time of death. It would be very interesting to ascertain if these abnormally hairy individuals tend to lose this covering with advancing years. Similar instances have been noted in the Indian species, and brought to the notice of the Zoological Society. Thus, I understand that a photograph of a mother and calf, taken in Ceylon and showing considerable development of hair, was exhibited at a former meeting of the Society; that attention was also drawn to an individual (sold in 1882) which P roc. Z ool. S oc.- 1904, V o l . II. No. I. 1 |