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MR. R. LYDEKKER ON THE 



[Feb. 2, 



instead of black. There are also much smaller spots on the nape 

 of the neck. 



So far as can be determined, the spots on the shoulder are very 

 much smaller than in the complete Baringo male, none of them 

 approaching in size the few large ones so characteristic of that 

 animal. On both sides of the upper part of the fore-leg the 

 spots are very markedly smaller and more numerous than in the 

 latter ; while on the front and inner sides they are pale fawn, 

 instead of being, as on the outer side, black*. 



The main horns are decidedly smaller than in the males of the 

 Baringo Giraffe, and the development of the posterior horns is 

 also somewhat less. In the skull of the type and only known 

 specimen, the right main horn is decidedly larger than the left 

 hoi'n. A much more remarkable feature is the presence of a horn 

 projecting horizontally outwards from the middle of the frontal 

 border of the right orbit, this horn being apparently cajjped by 

 a distinct epijjhysis. No trace of any such hoi'n is observable 



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Right lateral view of skull of male South Lado Giraffe, showing azj-gous 

 orbital horn («). 



on the left orbit. I am informed by Major Powell-Cotton that 

 all the male Gu-afies from the locality in question seem to be 

 furnished with a similar right orbital horn. The same gentleman 

 also tells me that in some specimens of the Baringo Girafle a 

 similarly- placed horn occurs on the left side. There is, however, 

 no trace of any such horn in any of the skulls of that race in the 

 Museum. 



The skull also differs from that of an old male Baringo Girafle 

 by its lower and narrower form, and more especially l^y the 



* Already the spots on the inner side of the right fore-leg of the male Baringo 

 Giraffe in the Museum, which is exposed to the light, ha\'e faded from black to 

 grey or tawny. 



