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Show 220 MR. R. LYDEKKER OX THE [Feb. 2, From the presence of a well-developed frontal horn, this animal is clearly allied to the northern and eastern forms of the species. O n the other hand, it resembles tlxe South-African race (G. camelopardalis capensis) in having the hind-legs spotted right down to tlxe hoofs; the fore-limbs also displaying the same feature, although Text-fig. 33. Male Congo Giraffe. (From the type specimen in the Tervueren Museum.) less distinctly. The sides of tlxe head are much more fully spotted than in the Cape form, and tlxe tail is remarkable for the great fullness of its terminal tuft. In the spotting of tlxe legs it resembles the description of the type specimen of G. camelopardalis tippelskirchi, although the dark markings show no trace of the |