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Identifier: recordsofbiggame1914ward (find matches)
Title: Records of big game with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Ward, Rowland, 1848?-1912
Subjects: Game and game-birds
Publisher: London
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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OWNERS MEASUREMENTS. 59 52* 41 22^ South Africa . . Col. W. Gordon Cumming. 1\\ Do. Do. Do. . J. W. Fitzherbert. B.— NORTHERN RACE (R. simus cottoni). 41 11 26 22^ Mongalla Major P. M. Dove. 4°i 25 Bahr-el-Ghazal Major F. G. Poole. 39 11 26I 251 Do. Capt. C. Graham. 36; 19I S. Sudan Lieut.-Gen. Sir B. T. Mahon. 36£ 14 27 18J Lado The late G. G. Longden. 35 131 2l£ 204 Do. H. Twyford. ?35 1 of 22j 20§ Do. Major P. H. G. Powell-Cotton. 33l 12 25* 20 S. Sudan The late Prince Paul Demidoff. 32i \2\ 2ll 19 Near Lado Col. J. J. Harrison. 3232 13 7 27i21 254 i6; Do.Do. Capt. the Hon. M. P. Macnaghten.Douglas McDouall. 3ii i3i 25i 24 Lado C. Mathews. 313of 12 27 251 27 Do. White Nile British Museum (Major P. H. G Powell-Cotton).Lieut.-Col. C. J. Hawker. 29 10 25 23 Do. Major R. M. Sanders. 27! 28I S. Sudan Hon. Walter Rothschild. 27 9 25i 224 Do. A. A. R. Boyce. 27 9 22; 2li Do. . Capt. F. W. Woodward. 26 IS* 26 i9i Do. 1 Mounted specimens. Sir Kenneth Crossley. 474 RECORDS OF BIG GAME
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Under Surface of Skull of Indian Elephant. The ASIATIC or INDIAN ELEPHANT (Elephas maximus). In general a decidedly smaller animal, the Indian elephant differsfrom its African relative not only in external form, but also in thestructure of its molar teeth, which are composed of a greater number ofmuch thinner vertical plates. The females, as a rule, have only verysmall tusks, not projecting beyond the jaw ; and in some cases those ofthe males are equally poorly developed. Five nails are usually presenton the fore-feet, and four on the hind pair. Externally, the mostcharacteristic distinction is the comparatively small size of the ears ;next to which comes the presence of a finger-like process on the frontedge only of the tip of the trunk ; the African species having one infront and a second behind. The skin is nearly smooth ; and the INDIAN ELEPHANT 47 5 bristles on the tail are confined to the front and back edges for somedistance above the tip. Other noticeable points are the compar

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  • bookdecade:1910
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Ward__Rowland__1848__1912
  • booksubject:Game_and_game_birds
  • bookpublisher:London
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