696 AFRICAN GAME ANIMALS 



The occurrence of the quagga zebra in the Northern 

 Guaso Nyiro district has been reported by nearly every 

 traveller who has visited the district, and the association of 

 the quagga and the Grevy together in the same herds has 

 often been commented upon. It is, however, not alone in 

 this region that such association occurs, for the two types 

 of zebra continue together northward over the desert area 

 to their northern limits in Abyssinia. The quagga zebra 

 inhabiting the Northern Guaso Nyiro district may be dis- 

 tinguished by lighter coloration and smaller body size from 

 the highland quagga of East Africa and Uganda and has 

 recently been named for R. J. Cuninghame, the well-known 

 safari leader of British East Africa. 



The race is distinguishable from granti by its darker 

 ground-color as represented by the light stripes which are 

 pale ochraceous-buff and the lighter color of its dark stripes 

 which are bistre-brown instead of black. The skull differs 

 from that of granti by the shortness of the rostral portion 

 and the narrowness of the diastema between the cheek- 

 teeth and the incisors. The skull averages smaller in length 

 with narrower palatal width and wider lambdoidal crest 

 than in granti. From bohmi, of the Kilimanjaro district, it 

 differs in color the same way as from gra7iti, but is further 

 distinguishable by its much smaller body size. 



The ground-color as represented by the light stripes is 

 pale ochraceous-buff and shows considerable contrast to the 

 white belly and inner surface of the hind quarters. The 

 dark stripes are uniform bistre-brown on the body but 

 darker somewhat on the head, where they become seal- 

 brown in conformity with the seal-brown nose patch. The 

 legs below the knees and hocks are marked by lighter stripes 

 than the body, being snuff-brown and fully striped to the 

 hoofs. The tail tuft is black with the exception of the 

 mixture of a few white hairs in the upper part. The ears 

 are cream-white, marked on the back at the tip by a broad 

 area of bistre-brown and another brown area near the base. 

 The mane is well developed, the hair having a length of 6 

 inches, with an extent from the crown of the head to the 

 shoulders, and is striped pale buff and seal-brown in con- 

 formity with the stripes of the neck. The body stripes 

 are arranged quite as in granti or hofwii, but there is no in- 



