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on the mnzzle ib less pure <an(l less sharply defined from the fawn, while there is no 

 white on the underside of the lower jaw and the angle of the throat. 



The general characters of the Somali specimen living in the Zoological Society's 

 Menagerie in 1884 are given by Mr. Sclater as follows : — 



Size larger than in E. a. nfricamis ; colour pure grey ; dorsal stripe obsolete, 

 and shoulder-stripe wanting; mane comparatively long and pendent; legs with 

 numerous and distinct bars. 



In Mr. Sclater's figure of the Zoological Society's specimen the ring round the 

 eye is not complete ; but this must apparently be either an individual jjeculiarity, 

 or due to the fanlt of the artist. 



The following is the description of a Somali male specimen presented to the 

 British Museum in 1893 by Colonel A. Paget : — 



Height at shoulder 4 ft. 1 in.; general colour of upper-parts French grey, 

 speckled with white, and passing into sandy on the front of the lower part of the 

 face. Under-parts, the front of the thigh, and the inner sides and lower portions 

 of both legs dirty white, the white being less marked on the abdomen than 

 elsewhere. The white on the muzzle and round the eyes much less pure and less 

 sharply defined than in the Nubian specimens in the Mnseum, and that surrounding 

 the eyes forming a much less regular, and less well-defined ring. No white on 

 under surface of lower jaw (inter-ramine space) or at angle of throat. Ears 

 measaring 11 in. in length, with the black on the inner surface of the tips 

 scarcely extending beyond the margins. Mane of considerable length, and tending 

 to become pendent. Dark dorsal stripe visible only as very short and narrow 

 streak between the mane and the crest of the withers. Front and outer side of 

 fore-legs, and the same portions of the hind-legs below the hocks, marked with 

 a few irregular blackish bands, and a dark patch above each hoof in front. 



