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ON A YOUNG KORDOFAN GIRAFFE. 



[Mar. 3, 



visible of a set of parallel stripes on the forehead between the 

 horns and the eyes, similar to those figured by him on a coloured 

 drawing of the foetal Giraffe (P. Z. S. 1907, pi. v.). No doubt 

 these are ephemeral, for neither Mr. Goodchild nor I could detect 

 their presence a few weeks later. The intei-ior of the ears shows 

 dark markings arranged in three distinct pencillings. 



Text-fie-. 19. 



Head of Kovdofau Girafie calf. 



The coloured patches on the back of the neck (text-fig, 20, B) in 

 the region just between and below the ears resemble those of the 

 parents, and differ markedly from those in the corresponding 

 region in the Nigerian Giraffe. As Mr. Lydekker first pointed 

 out, and as I was able to confirm from another example, the 

 Nigei-ian Giraffe in that region has the broad large series of 

 blotches extending up almost to the level of the insei'tion of the 

 ears, whilst in all other Giraffes a set of much smaller spots 

 extends considerably lower down. 



The white j^atcli which extends round the front of the throat 



