THE SELOUS COLLECTIOX. /7 



range from the north bank of the Tana River and northern slopes 

 of Mt. Kenya, northwards aci'oss the Northern Gruaso Nyiro 

 towards Southern Abj'ssinia, and as far west as Lake lludolf. 



This Giraffe was originally described as a race of cameloparJalis ; 

 owing to its very distinct colour pattern it appears worthy o£ full 

 specific rank. It is, however, quite possible that Avhen more is 

 known concerning the East African Giraffes it may be found 

 that reticuhtfa grades into the Uganda Giraffe (G^. camelopar- 

 (hil/'s rofhscliildi) to the west of the Laikipia District and Lake 

 Kudolf, and into the Masai race ((x. cnmelopardalis f/pjudskircJii) 

 south of the Tana lliver. 



417 —19.7.15.444. 1912. Northern Guaso Nyiro Valley, Kenya 

 Colony. 



UGANDA GIEAFFE. 



GlRAFFA CAMELOPAEDALTS EOTIISCIIILDI. 



" Five-hovned Giraffe," Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1901, vol. ii. p. 474. 

 " Giraffe," Eidewood, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1904, vol. i. p. 151, figs. 4, 8, 



and 9. 

 Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi, Lydekker, Hutchinson's Animal Life, 



vol. ii. p. 122, 1903 ; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1904, vol. i. p. 210 ; 1905, vol, i. 



p. 121 ; Game Animals of Africa, p. 358, 1908. 



Size larger than in reticulata ; anterioi- hoi'u well-develo])ed. 

 Ground colour yellowish buff or brownish buff, showina: throus:h 

 as a coarse network between the large blackish-brown blotches, 

 which are sometimes rectangidar and other times very irregular in 

 shape. Dark blotches smaller on the neck and quite small on 

 head, the ground colour of which is occasionally considerably 

 lighter than that of the neck or body. A female specimen in the 

 Museum has the dark blotches chestnut-buff in colour, with 

 hardly an}'^ black suffusion. 



Typical locality, Uasin Gishu Plateau, Kenya Celony ; the 

 range extends westwards into Uganda and northwards from Lake 

 Baringo towards Lake Rudolf. 



418 —19. 7. 15. 445. 1909. Uasin Gishu Plateau, Kenya Colony. 



