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with long hair, as in the two latter. The general 

 colour was described as dun, with a yellowish tinge 

 on the back, becoming lighter towards the flanks 

 and almost white on the belly, with no dark dorsal 

 stripe. The short and upright mane, which was 

 not continued forward as a forelock, was dark 

 brown ; and the long coat was wavy on the head. 

 The skull and hoofs were stated to be horse-like. 



In referring to this skin, Sir William Flower^ 

 made no mention of Hamilton Smith's account of 

 the Mongolian tarpan, but suggested that the speci- 

 men might possibly prove to be an accidental 

 hybrid between the horse and the kiang. 



Twenty years after the description of the type 

 specimen of Equus przevalskii — that is to say, in 

 1907 — the Duke of Bedford received a number of 

 tarpan colts from the Kobdo district of Western 

 Mongolia, two of which were sent in the following 

 year to the London Zoological Gardens, when one 

 of them was figured by Dr. P. L. Sclater." About 

 the same time living specimens and a large number 

 of skins were received at St. Petersburg, which 

 formed the basis of the monograph by Dr. Salensky 

 published in 1902, of which the full tide has been 

 already quoted.^ 



Adult tarpan cannot apparently be captured, but, 

 by taking certain precautions, the Kirghiz are able 



^ The Horse, p. 79. * Proc. Zool. Soc, 1902, pi. xiii. 



' Supra, p. 81. 



