On August 31st, 1902, an elephant belonging to Messrs. Sanger and Sons gave birth to a calf in the gardens of the Zoological Society of London under circumstances related by the Society’s Prosector, Mr. F. E. Beddard, F.R.S., in the ‘Proceedings’ of the year 1902, vol. ii.

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There is a very marked resemblance to the conditions found in the sheep’s placenta during the final stages of development. This I hope to describe in detail in a paper now in preparation.—R. A.

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