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Show 222 MR. R. LYDEKKER ON THE [Feb. 2, spots. The stellate character of these spots widely distinguishes the race from the Cape Giraffe, between which and the East African forms of tlxe G. c. tippelskirchi type it constitutes, however, a connecting link. Text-fig. 34. i '• a*- m^ ,^P,5>" fUM| BM»;HE;r ^MKvSiP'fyft fc *5"' w% f% 1 ' • « ^ ^ t f i ' : ^ % * *• • • •• •' '•••> 'IP § ri'M ^^ ~.,^BPB* ^iit&jr v^iUSKLg f"> WJH "J* ^#^.- '*| «. 4PS, ijf "j Portion of body-skin of North Transvaal Giraffe. So far as I know, the habitat of this Giraffe is quite isolated. The skull of the N . Transvaal Giraffe is remarkable for the extraordinary development of the posterior, or occipital horns, as is well shown ixx the accompanying photograph. These horns are very much larger than in the Baringo Giraffe ; and in possessing these appendages tlxe present race presents a marked contrast to |