I-'IC. 1'. 



TIJE IkIANC, (»I; Wil.l) ASS 

 OF THIltET 



and it is remarkable how those 

 prehistoric artists portrayed 

 the rather dull eyes in con- 

 trast with the fierce expres- 

 sion they gave the eyes of 

 the bison. 



The general dun or light - 

 brownish color of the Prze- 

 walsky horses conforms to 

 their semi-desert environ- 

 ment, rendering them less 

 conspicuous, like the now 



extinct quagga of the Z(>bra From pliotogTaph by the Dudiess of Bedford. 



„ . , 1 • I f 1 made in Wobiirn Park 



family, which lormerly 



roamed the oi)en plains south 

 of the Limpopo River in the 

 Transvaal, South Africa. 



But the closest imitation of 

 the wild horse is in the wild 

 ass (Fig. 2) from the Trans- 

 Baikal of Asia, known as the 

 Kiang, a specimen of which 

 was presented to the Society 

 by His Grace the Duke of 

 Bedford. The light under- 

 color of the belly of the wild 

 horse is also seen in the wild 

 ass of Southern Asia (Fig. 3) 

 which has a much lighter 

 color scheme than that of the 



Fui. 3. 



TUK I'EKSIAN WILD ASS 



Uniform Isabella, or fawu-color, with dark 

 dor.sal stripe, light colored and slender limbs, 

 light under color and dark erect mane. This Przewalsky. Its limbs are 

 animal differs fron, the Abyssinian ass, the ^^^^ ^-^^ -^^^^^^ ^^ ^^, 

 progenitor of the domesticated asses, m the 

 absence of the shoulder stripes. 



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dark. It shows, too, the dark, 



