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stripes, and between them lie in many cases shadow-stripes of a 

 taint brown. 



All these animals, and the Quagga too, are absolutely 

 confined to Africa. Mr. E. Crawshay, 1 in describing what he 

 considered to be a new variety, remarked upon the curiosity of 

 E. lurchelli. " They remain out in the sun on the plains all day 

 long, not retiring into covert at all. They are then an intoler- 

 able nuisance to any one in pursuit of other game ; indeed this 

 may be said of them at all times. If once they notice you, they 



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FIG. 127. Burchell's Zebra. Kquus burchdli. x-jV- 



draw in and mob you in their curiosity only, however, when 

 one takes no interest in them, for when they fancy they are the 

 object of the intruder's attention, no animals are more watchful 

 and cunning in safeguarding themselves. If only their curiosity 

 were manifested in silence it would not so much matter, but it 

 vents itself in snorts and thundering stampedes, which puts every 

 beast within earshot on the qui vive." 



Whether Burchell's Zebra 2 can be further subdivided into 

 species or sub-species appears to be doubtful. Dr. Matschie 

 considers that Equus boehmi may be regarded as a valid form, 

 and in addition to this two sub-species, JS. burchelli granti and 



1 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1895, p. 688. 

 - See Pocock, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) xx. 1897, p. 33. 



