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forehead just above the eyes, cyhndrical, from 3 to 5 inches long ; in the 

 young animal this position is occupied by a prominent tuft of black hairs. 



Inhabits Gallaland from the Tana River northward, Somaliland, 

 Abyssinia, Kordofan, and probably ranges right across Africa to Sene- 

 gambia, in suitable localities, from the Equator to about i 5° N. 



It will be seen that with the material I have been able to collect, 

 some dozen skins ^ and thirteen skulls of both species of all ages, 

 I cannot give more than a general outline of colouring. The adult 



Three-Horned Giraffe Skull {Giraffa camdopardaiis) 



(From P.Z.S., February iSgy.) 



Southern Giraffe has the general effect of a dirty white animal covered 

 with brown blotches, with wider light spaces between them, the lower legs 

 mottled, and upper face grizzled. The adult Northern Giraffe has clearly 

 defined polj'gonal patches, the light intervening spaces narrower, the lower 

 legs white and upper face roan. 



The horns of the northern species are longer, more massive, and slope 

 backwards more than those of the southern species. I have never seen 

 the two horns of equal length in either species. 



Mr. Selous tells me that he has never seen a bull Giraffe with a third 

 horn in South Africa, and I\lr. Neumann says the same. 



Noticing the great difference in the weight of the skulls of the two 



' Since writing the above, Messrs. Rowland Ward &. Co. have shown nie about a 

 flozen scalps and neck-skins of the southern form, and they all show the same characters, 

 though the light intervening spaces vary in width. 



