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EXPLANATION (1)

OF

PLATE 27.

The four figures on this plate intend principally to show the conditions of the nasal septum in Indian
Elephants of various ages.

exoccipital1.

right nasal bone

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opening of ductus Stenonianus
organon Jacobsoni

hard palate

vomer

basisphenoid

ossified part of nasal septum

1 The exoccipitals meet above Ihe foramen magnum.

Fig. 1. Part of submedian section of the head of the new-born Elephant, no. 1. The figure represents the
medial side of the left half.

I ossified part of nasal septum

vomer

Fig. 2. Sagittal section of the skull of the Elephant d near the median plane; the whole of the cartilaginous
nasal septum has been preserved. Nearly \ nat. size.