Maximum 
GIRAFFE 
A.—WNorthern Races. 
ig 
eiant At shoulder. Locality. Owner. 
ft. ins. ft. ins. 
6-18 6 British East Africa J. Hall. 
$-17 3 10 Il Do. Major P. H. G. Powell- 
Cotton. 
s-17. 3 Do. Lady Hindlip. 
g-16 Oo East Central Africa The late A. H. Neumann. 
9-13 10 8 of British East Africa British Museum (Major 
P. H. G. Powell-Cotton). 
B.—Southern and other Races. 
mre At shoulder. Locality. Owner. 
Ter nis: ft. ins. 
é-18 7 South-East Africa F. Vaughan Kirby. 
6-18 4 Angola Hon. Walter Rothschild. 
$-18 o 120 South Africa The late Sir W. Cornwallis 
Harris. 
6-17 3 10 II British East Africa British Museum (Major 
P. H. G. Powell-Cotton). 
3-17 0 W. Matabililand F.C, Selous. 
9-16 10 North Kalahari. H. A. Bryden. 
$-16 4 It 70 N. Nigeria The late Capt. G. B. Gosling. 
9-15 6 Average height South-East Africa F. Vaughan Kirby. 
to 
16 0 
— Owner’s measurements. 
The SOMALI GIRAFFE (Giraffa reticulata). 
The Somali giraffe (for which the name netted giraffe would be 
appropriate, were it not that it has a double signification) may be 
described as a dull, liver-coloured animal with a coarse network of 
narrow white lines dividing the ground-colour into a number of large, 
irregularly quadrangular and sharply defined patches. The head and 
upper part of the neck are, however, spotted, while the ears and the 
legs from the knees and hocks downwards are white. In old bulls the 
five horns are well developed, although the hind pair is somewhat 
less conspicuous than in the Baringo race of the typical species. 
Apparently this type of colouring is specially adapted for render- 
ing the animal inconspicuous when in covert. 
