NEW i'ORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



N0BIAN GIRAFFES. 



ing to it rank as a separate species, because of its inter- 

 gradation with the Nubian form, {camelopardalis). 



Judging from all evidence now available, it seems that 

 the Giraffes of to-day represent the midway stage of an 

 effort to develop several species from the parent stock, 

 the Three-Horned Giraffe, which is the species here rep- 

 resented. The existing forms, including all species and sub- 

 species, intergrade and run together in a manner that is 

 fairly bewildering; but if the Giraffes could remain un- 

 influenced by man for a sufficiently long period the prob- 

 abilities are that the species now branching off would bo 

 clearly established. 



