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ASSES, ZEBRAS AND EQUINE HYBRIDS. 



(2) by the white spaces on the neck and cheeks being 

 broader ; and by its having no *' shadow " stripes. It 

 is found in British and German Eastern Africa. 



Crawshay's Zebra (Equus burchelli, crawshayi). — 

 This zebra, which is up to 13.2 high, is found in the high- 

 lands of Nyasaland, west of Lake Nyasa. " General 



Photo hij] 



Fig. 625. — Fore foot of Crawshay's zebra. 



[M. H. H. 



pattern of the stripes as in E. burchelli, chapmani, but 

 having the dark stripes upon the haunches of about the 

 same width, or slightly broader than the intervening 

 spaces, with no intermediate shadow stripes whatever. 

 The spot above the nostrils bright tan coloured. Stripes 

 of the body almost pure black ; ground colour varying 

 from nearly pure white to pale fawn " (W. E. de Winton, 

 Annals and Magazine of Natural History). 



