26 JANUARY 1907, Page 31

TUSKS AND HORNS.

[To Tug EDITOR 07 TWA "SPNCTATOR..]

SIR,—Allow me to correct a small error which occurred in the interesting article in the Spectator of January 5th entitled " Tusks and Horns." In it the writer, comparing the tusks of the elephant with those of the boar, describes them both as enlarged canine teeth. In the case of the elephant, however, they should have been described as incisor teeth, being carried by the premaxillary bone, that being the anatomical definition of an incisor tooth.—I am, Sir, Ste., ODONTOLOGIST.