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2, and pp. 359-360, figs. 69-70; Lydekker and Elaine, 1914, vol. 3, pp. 

 239, 249, figs. 40A, 44; Roosevelt and Heller, 1914, vol. 1, pi. facing p. 

 302, middle fig., pi. facing p. 306, bottom fig. 



In its main range in Uganda this Giraffe was probably never 

 very plentiful, but at least several hundreds still remain (Game 

 Warden, Uganda, in Hit., December, 1936). 



"Adult bulls have a height of 17 or 18 feet. The body is marked 

 by large, regular spots separated by narrow reticulations as in the 

 reticulated, but the neck may be either reticulated or blotched 

 similarly to the Masai giraffe. The legs below the hocks and 

 knees are uniform cream-buff, without darker markings .... The 

 bulls are not consistently darker than the cows, but vary from 

 seal-brown to tawny in coloration, independent of age." (Roosevelt 

 and Heller, 1914, vol. 1, pp. 315-316.) "Skull with front horn 

 strongly developed, and a pair of occipital horns behind the main 

 pair" (Lydekker and Elaine, 1914, vol. 3, p. 248) . 



The range extends "from the Uasin Gishu Plateau and Lake 

 Baringo northwestward over the highland and desert region of 

 Uganda to the latitude of Gondokoro; east probably as far as the 

 west shores of Lake Rudolf and west as far at least as the east 

 bank of the Nile; limits of range not known" (Roosevelt and Heller, 

 1914, vol. 1, p. 314, map, p. 319) . This range corresponds roughly 

 to the Uganda Savanna District of Bowen (1933, pp. 256, 258) or to 

 the northernmost portion of the East African Highland District 

 of Chapin (1932, p. 90). 



"These animals go about in large herds, and the old ones, males 

 or females, seem to stand sentry whilst the rest of the herd browses 

 unconcernedly on the branches and leaves of trees. ... I have 

 never seen a more impressive sight in Africa than a large herd of 

 these animals moving about unconcernedly, taking little or no 

 notice of our presence amongst them; for in this country round 

 Mount Elgon they had evidently been unattacked by man for a 

 long period. . . . We passed through subsequent herds containing 

 hundreds of these animals." (Johnston, 1902, vol. 1, p. 377.) 



"Mr. John Jay White . . . found giraffes in good numbers on 

 the Guas Ngishu Plateau in 1908. Herds numbering up to a dozen 

 or fifteen animals were frequently seen, and one herd of about 75 

 was noted." (Hollister, 1924, p. 58.) 



"G. c. rothschildi occurs in the Mongalla Province" of the Anglo- 

 Egyptian Sudan (Brocklehurst, 1931, p. 64). 



The Game Warden of Uganda (in litt., December, 1936) con- 

 tributes the following account: "This Giraffe was formerly wide- 

 spread in the Northern and Eastern Provinces, where it probably 

 numbered about a thousand individuals but was never plentiful. 

 It is still wide-spread in Gulu, Chua, parts of western Lango, and 

 in Karamoja and Sebei (at the northern foot of Mount Elgon). 



