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GREAT GAME ANIMALS. 



of the bulls, the white legs, the network type of coloration, 

 and the pale tint. The latter feature is specially developed in the 

 Nigerian G. c. peralta, which is also of the northern type. The 



Fig. 34. 



Head and neck of male Baringo Giraffe (Giraffa cameloparclalis rothschildi) 

 allowing the five horns. 



Baringo G. c. rothschildi (fig. 34) also has a large frontal horn and 

 white legs, but the spots in the bulls are very dark, and those of 

 the females jagged. In the Kilimanjaro G. c. tippelskirchi the 

 frontal horn is often developed in the bulls^ but the legs are 

 frequently spotted to the fetlocks. Furthe v south the frontal 

 horn tends to disappear more or less completely, as in the Angola 

 G. c. angolensis, the Transvaal G. c. wardi, and the Cape 



