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Mr. A. H. Neumann, and other sportsmen. The 

 range of these giraffes extends from Somaliland 

 south-west as far as the neighbourhood of Lake 

 Rudolf, and Mr. Neumann seems to think that the 

 Tana river, from the sea as far as Mount Kenia, 

 may be taken roughly as the limit of their southern 

 range. At present, however, the exact distribution 

 of this fine species is uncertain. It is remarkable 

 that in this form the third horn on the middle of the 

 brow is also developed, while in old bulls five horns 

 often appear. This seems to be a marked peculiarity 

 of both the northern giraffes. In the southern or 

 Cape species I have never heard or known of an 

 instance of this third horn being met with, although 

 a round boss or bony protuberance on the brow is 

 to be found more or less developed. 



The coloration and marking of the Somali giraffe is 

 absolutely different from that of the two other giraffes 

 already spoken of. In place of the familiar blotches, 

 yellow, or rufous, or dark brown on a creamy ground, 

 the whole body-colouring of this species is of a bright 

 chestnut, separated by a network of fine white lines, 

 which mark off the ground colour into polygonal 

 patches. The effect is most striking. So fine are 

 the white lines and so close is the body-colouring that, 

 viewed from a comparatively short distance, this giraffe 

 would appear to be of one entire reddish chestnut hue. 

 The interior of Somaliland, the Galla country, and the 

 northern portion of British East Africa, may be said 

 to form the present known limits of this giraffe. 



A fourth species or sub-species of giraffe has 



