ILLUSTRATIONS 



On the Northern Guaso Nyiro River Frontispiece 



Photogravure from a drawing by Philip R. Goodwin. 



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Characteristic vegetation of East equatorial Africa 44 



Lion group in the United States National Museum 166 



East African lions at National Zoological Park 172 



Method of a lion's attack on a zebra 176 



From a drawing by Philip R. Goodwin. 



Cowboys roping a lioness 206 



Races of the leopard 230 



Rainey cheetahs 244 



Spotted and striped hyenas 252 



East African hunting dogs 266 



The forest hog and wart-hog of East Africa 274 



Living specimens of hippopotamuses 296 



The races of the giraffe, — Masai, Uganda, and reticulated 302 



The Masai and Uganda races of the giraffe 306 



Defensive action of reticulated giraffe 310 



From a drawing by Philip R. Goodwin. 



Reticulated giraffe 316 



The races of roan antelope, — East Africa and Nile 322 



Roosevelt sable 334 



Showing individual variation in head markings in the Beisa oryx . . . 342 



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