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absence of the mai'ked lateral expansion of the pveniaxillai-}' region 

 chaiuctei-istic of the Bai-ingo Giraiie ; the borders of these bones 

 in the present foi'ni being nearly straight, instead of markedly 

 bowed. 



Such appeal- to be the chief distinctive features of this Girafie. 

 so fai' as I am enabled to formulate them fi-om the specimens at 

 jjresent available. These comprise the skull, the mounted head 

 and neck, several pieces of skin from the fore-quai-tei-s, aiid the 

 naounted i-ight fore-leg : all belonging to a fully adult bull shot 

 by Major P. H. G. Powell- Cotton, at the locality above men- 

 tioned, to the southward of Lado, in Noi-thern Uganda, and by 

 him pi-esented to the British Museum, whei-e tlie head aiid neck 

 are now exhibited to the public. 



As ah-eady mentioned, the genei-al characteristics of this Clii-aft'e 

 affiliate it very closely to G. c. rothschildi, and I have experienced 

 some diffieuly in deciding whethei- or no it should be subspeci- 

 fically sepai-ated from that form. Premising that my comparisons 

 are based only on a single specimen, and are therefore of necessity 

 somewhat pi-ovisional and liable to i-evision, I caimot identify the 

 South Lado with the Baringo Giraffe; and I therefore pi-opose to 

 regard the former as the representative of a distinct local i-ace, 

 which may be appropi-iately named after its enterpiising dis 

 covei'er, Glraffa cameloiiardalis cottoni. 



Apai't from the peculiarities of the skull, — in I'egai'd to the 

 importance, or otherwise, of which, I a,m somewhat uncei'tain — 

 I ain disposed to consider this Girafie as a distinct race mainly 

 from the genei-al tone, form, and mode of ariungement of the 

 spotting, laying special sti-ess on the absence of spots on the face 

 above (oi- in front of) a line connecting the eye with the angle 

 of the mouth, and also on the colour, size, and nvimbei- of the 

 spots on the nape of the neck and on the fore-limb. 



It is true that as regards the absence of spotting on the fronto- 

 nasal region of the face, this feature is ]3ivralleled in the mounted 

 head of G. c. rothschildi obtained by Sii- H. Johnston near Mount 

 Elgon. That head (text-fig. 26, p. 211), as mentioned below, 

 belongs, however, to a very old animal, and is remai-kable for the 

 very dark colour of the areas between the spots. And it is, I 

 think, perfectly clear that with this dai-kening the spots (of which 

 there ai-e still faint traces) have disappeai-ed from this part of the 

 face. Moreovei', there is no distinct light line marking the 

 cessation of the spotted area, which is so conspicuous in the present 

 animal. The h\\\\ in the Museum from the Quashengeshu Plateau, 

 and the Mount Elgon bull of G. c. rothschildi, the sketch of which 

 by Sir H. Johnston is reproduced in text-fig. 27, p. 213, appeal' 

 to be of about the saiue age as the South Lado specimen ; and the 

 contrast between the fully-spotted faces of the two formei- and 

 the partially-spotted face of the last is, in my opinion, too great 

 to permit of theii* being regarded as referable to one and the 

 same subspecies. 



It should, moi-eover, be borne in mind tliat we are at ]ii'esent 

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