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Show 218 MR. R. LYDEKKER ON THE [Feb. 2, with schillingsi, and agrees with the type in all essential characters, 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-fig. 32. Female Kilimanjaro Giraffe from Masailand ; at Stuttgart. by Dr. Matschie to tippelskirchi. With the exception, however, that the legs are more fully spotted below the knees and hocks, and the sides of tlxe face are likewise more spotted, while tlxe forehead may be darker, the specimen has all the characters of schillingsi, and in m y opinion cannot besepax-ated from that form. |