82 NOTICE OF ADDITIONAL SPECIES 



2. The Douw ^ {Equus BurchellH of some, or better, Eq. 

 cristaius ; Eq. zebra of Burchell ; erroneously referred by 

 Cuvier to Eq. ^nontana of Burchell). Colour of a pale ass, 

 marked with broad blackish stripes, and generally narrower 

 and fainter intermediate ones on the neck and body, but none 

 on the limbs of the adult ; the mane forming a high crest be- 

 tween the ears ; the face more completely striped than in the 

 true zebra, the stripes terminating in a blackish muzzle. — 

 This handsome species was first indicated as "a curious 

 cream-coloured quaccha" in the Journal of the expedition 

 into the interior of South Africa which was accompanied by 

 the artist Daniell, and which is appended to Sir J. Barrow's 

 * Voyage to Cochin China' (page 410) ; it being afterwards 

 stated (page 415) that "the whole body is covered with dark 

 brown stripes," which differentiate it from the " Isabelline Ze- 

 bra" of Le Vaillant.^ It chiefly inhabits northward of the 

 Gariep, and associates with the brindled gnoo [Caiohlepas 

 taurinus and gorgon). 



3. The Zebra [Equus Zehra, Lin. ; Eq. inontana, Bur- 

 chell). The confusion of the names of these animals by Dr. 

 Burchell, was long since pointed out by Mr. J. E. Gray, in 

 the * Zoological Journal,' vol. i. page 241 ; the present one 

 being the mountain species, and distinguished by its admira- 

 bly regular stripes extending quite down to the hoofs. It is 

 diffused from the Cape colony to Guinea, Congo, and even 

 Abyssinia, according to Ludolff; while Bruce also mentions 

 that " the zebra is found nowhere in Abyssinia, except in the 

 south-west extremity of Kuora amid the Shangalla and Galla, 

 in Narea and Caff, and in the mountains of Dyre and Tegla, 

 and thence to the southward." — (Travels, vol. iv. p. 522). It 

 is the Wilde-Paarde of the Cape colonists : and two or three 

 individuals which have been broken in by the celebrated 

 equestrian, Ducrow, entirely lost their spirit and vivacity in 

 consequence, assuming the humbled bearing of the common 

 donkey. 



Bruce also states, in the same place, — "Wild asses I have 

 frequently seen alive, but never dead: in neck, head, face and 

 tail, very like ours, oidy their skins are streaked^ not spot- 

 ted [.f"]." I do not remember that lliippell anywhere mentions 



' Pronounced like the first syllable of dower. 

 2 In the same narrative (page 400) occurs a distinct notice of the recently 

 established Rhinoceros Ketloa of Dr. Andrew Smith, which is described by 

 the name oi Jeckloa. " It measured from the head to the root of the tail, 

 10 feet 7 inches, and its height exceeded 5 feet 6 inches. But its size was 

 less a subject of remark than the peculiarity of its horns, which were pretty 

 nearly of the same length." 



