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2 1. The female quagga, which the authorities 

 of the Vienna Museum purchased in 1836, is a 

 very remarkable example, the ground colour of 

 the head being clay-brown, while the rest of the 

 upper parts are creamy buff. The dark stripes 

 are relatively broader than usual, and seem to 

 extend further towards the hind quarters. This 

 specimen is also larger than the other quaggas 

 now in preservation. Unfortunately there is no 

 skeleton preserved with it. A photo-engraving of 

 the Vienna quagga appeared in the Proceedings 

 of the Zoological Society for 1902. 



22. Equally interesting is the Stockholm quagga 

 — the only foetal specimen known ! This some- 

 what battered example is also the most venerable 

 of all the quagga relics, having been brought 

 home by Dr. Sparrman in 1776. A photograph 

 kindly forwarded to me by Mr. F. A. Smit shows 

 that the coloration is much the same as that of 

 an adult quagga : the mane appears to have been 

 lost. Measurements as published by Dr. Sparr- 

 man : ears to tail, 31 inches; height at loins, 

 22 inches. 



23. At some time previous to 1862 Mr, A. Dale 

 of Beaufort West presented a quagga foal — 

 probably one of the last quaggas of the Great 

 Karroo Desert — ^to the South African Museum at 

 Capetown. This animal is also of special interest, 

 being the only y^«/ now in preservation ' Young 



