246 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



C— Giraffa camelopardalis peralta. 



Giraflfa camelopardalis peralta, Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 40 ; 

 Lych'kker, ibid. 1904, vol. i, p. 226, 1905, vol. i, p. 119, pi. xii, 

 figs. 1 and 2, Game Animals of Africa, p. 356, 1908; Alexander, 

 From Niger to Nile, vol. ii, p. 390, 1907 ; Trouessart, La Nature, 

 vol. XXX, p. 341, 1908 ; Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 116, 

 1910. 



Typical locality Southern Nigeria, south-east of the 

 junction of the Benue with the Niger. 



Allied to the Nubian race, but distinguished by its paler 

 coloration — especially on the head — and its more numerous 

 and differently arranged spots, a characteristic feature being 

 the white, sparsely spotted occipital region, and the presence 

 of a large fawn-coloured patch below the ears, covering an 

 area which is white in the Nubian race, and in other races 

 marked with small spots, 



98. 2. 18. 1. Skull and two bones of right fore and of 

 left hind limb. South-east of the junction of the Benue 

 with the Niger ; collected by K. Hume McCorquodale, Esq. 

 Type. Presented hy W. Hume McCorquodale, Esq., 1898. 



4. 11. 2. 2. Skull, limb-bones, and. skin of head and 

 neck. Nigeria. Described and figured by the present 

 writer, op. cit. 1905. Presented hy Cctpt. G. B. Gosling, 1904. 



6. 2. 12. 1. Skull and head-skin, young. Twenty-five 

 miles north of Yola, Nigeria. 



Presented hy W. T. Gowers, Esq., 1906. 



6. 2. 12. 2. Skull. Same locality. Same history. 



7. 7. 8. 255. Skull and head-skin. Shari Valley ; 

 collected by Capt. G. B. Gosling. 



Presented hy the Alexander-Gosling Expedition, 1907. 



7. 7. 8. 255, a. Two pieces of body-skin and tail. East 

 of Sharna Eiver, Northern Nigeria. Same history. 



8. 11. 8. 1. Skull, imperfect, six-months' calf. Maidugari, 

 Lake Chad ; collected by Mr. — Hall. 



Presented hy J. Mc. W. Pollard, Esq., 1908. 

 8. 8. 12. 1. Skin, immature female, mounted. Eerli 

 district, Senegambia. By exchange (P. Ward, Ltd.), 1908. 



8. 8. 12. 2. Skull, skin, and hoofs. Nigeria. 



Same history. 



