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forehead just above the eyes, cylindrical, from 3 to 5 inches long ; in the 
young animal this position is occupied by a prominent tuft of black hairs. 
Inhabits Gallaland from the Tana River northward, Somaliland, 
Abyssinia, Kordofan, and probably ranges right across Africa to Sene- 
gambia, in suitable localities, from the Equator to about 1 5 0 N. 
It will be seen that with the material I have been able to collect, 
some dozen skins 1 and thirteen skulls of both species of all ages, 
I cannot give more than a general outline of colouring. The adult 
Three-Horned Giraffe Skull ( Giraffa Camelopardalis) 
(From P.Z.S., February 1897.) 
Southern Giraffe has the general effect of a dirty white animal covered 
with brown blotches, with wider light spaces between them, the lower legs 
mottled, and upper face grizzled. The adult Northern Giraffe has clearly 
defined polygonal patches, the light intervening spaces narrower, the lower 
legs white and upper face roan. 
The horns of the northern species are longer, more massive, and slope 
backwards more than those of the southern species. I have never seen 
the two horns of equal length in either species. 
Mr. Selous tells me that he has never seen a bull Giraffe with a third 
horn in South Africa, and Mr. Neumann says the same. 
Noticing the great difference in the weight of the skulls of the two 
1 Since writing the above, Messrs. Rowland Ward & Co. have shown me about a 
dozen scalps and neck-skins of the southern form, and they all show the same characters, 
though the light intervening spaces vary in width. 
