. Zoological Society bulletin . ore it left Hamburg it was seenby Prof. Noakes, and by him it was describedas a new species, and christened Elephas pu-milio. While the specimen here represented con-forms in many ways to the description ofmesalla, it is barely possible that it may not bethe true mesalla of the Fernan Vaz basin; butat any rate, the differences between him andother African elephants are so great as to puthim in a group by himself. If not a truemesalla, which is suggested by the size of histusks, he is probably an intermediate type be-tween the njuga and mesalla. Another very impo
. Zoological Society bulletin . ore it left Hamburg it was seenby Prof. Noakes, and by him it was describedas a new species, and christened Elephas pu-milio. While the specimen here represented con-forms in many ways to the description ofmesalla, it is barely possible that it may not bethe true mesalla of the Fernan Vaz basin; butat any rate, the differences between him andother African elephants are so great as to puthim in a group by himself. If not a truemesalla, which is suggested by the size of histusks, he is probably an intermediate type be-tween the njuga and mesalla. Another very important characteristic thatdistinguishes the mesalla from all other ele-phants and which has been frequently describedto me and emphasized, is the malicious natureof this elephant in a wild state. It is currentlyreported in the district that I have pointed outthat very few native hunters, or white hunterseither, as to that, however well armed they maybe, have the temerity to hunt the mesalla, or to ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 833. MALE INDIAN ELEPHANT, GUNDA, AT TWELVE YEARS OF AGE, NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL eight feet nine inches and weight 7,800 pounds, nearly four tons. This specimen in five years, increased two feet three inches in height and increased nearly two tons in weight. molest it when found, for the reason that it isalleged that they will charge the hunter withlittle or no provocation, and not only will theleader charge, but the whole herd will jointlymake the attack. Mr. Frank Williamson, anEnglish trader who has lived for more thanthirty years in that territory and has been adaring hunter, tells me that the mesalla is theonly animal that he avoids on all occasions. Another striking peculiarity of this elephantis that it is more diurnal in habit than the largertype, and much more given to grazing on theopen plains, where they are frequently seen inbroad daylight, and in larger herds than areusual with the others. Another habit worthy of remark is that oftheir
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