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MR. R. LYDEKKER ON THE 



[Feb. 2, 



with schillinysi, and agrees with the type in all essential cha- 

 I'acters, except that the legs are distinctly spotted for some 

 distance below the knees and hocks. 



On the other hand, a mounted skin (text-fig. 32) in the Stuttgart 

 Museum, brought by Mr. Schillings from Masailand, is assigned 



Text-fip'. 32. 



Female Kilimanjaro Giraffe from Masailand ; at Stuttgart. 



by Dr. Matschie to tippelshh-cki. With the exception, however, 

 that the legs are more fully spotted below the knees and hocks, 

 nnd the sides of the face are likewise more spotted, while the 

 forehead may be darker, the specimen has all the characters of 

 scMllingsi, and in my opinion cannot be separated from that form. 



