24G Mr. Grab's Revision of the Equidce, 



Sp. 3. Asinus Qtiagga. The Quagga. 



A.capite, nuch^, scapuliscjue nigris albido-fasclatis, dorso fusces- 

 cente subfasciato, linea dorsali nigra albido-inarginata, caudu artu- 

 busque albidis. 



Equus Quagga. Gmelin. 

 Le Cougga. Cuvier. Reg. Anim. 245. 

 Zebra fsmina, &c. Edw. Glean.]. 29? 



Opeagha, or Quagga, of the Hottentots. Masson. Trav. Phil. 

 Trans. Ixvi. 297. 



Quacha. Pen. Quad. 14. Female Zebra. Edw. Glean, j. 29 ? 

 Le Couagga. G. Cuvier^ Menag. 



Icon. Edw. Glean, t. 223 ? bands too distinct, and no marks 

 on the rump. Shaw. Zool. t. 218 ? copied Edio. G. Cuvier, Menu"-. 



t. — Ency. Method. Suppl. t. 13. f. 1. F. Cuvier. Menag. t 



1. Junior. E, capite, et nucha, fuscis albido-fasciatis, corpore su- 

 perne fusco, linea dorsali brunea notato, ventre artubusque albidis, 

 ungulis nigris, supra annullis fuscis notatis. 

 Kwagga or Couagga. Buff. Suppl. vi. p. 85. 

 Icon. Buffon Suppl. vi. t. 7. 



Inhabits Africa, near the Cape of Good Hope, v. v. Mus. Cross. 

 1. Mus. Brit. 



Less than the Zebra, with the hinder parts higher, and the ears 

 shorter. Fur of the head, neck, mane, and shoulders, blackish 

 brown, banded with white, the ground colour gradually becoming 

 paler, and the bands less distinct, and diffused as we proceed along 

 the back till it is greyish on the rump; the dorsal line is black, 

 margined on each side with a white line. Belly, tail, and legs 

 white; ears with two irregular black bands and white tip. 



The young is pale brown, with the mane, a few scattered 

 spots, and the dorsal line of a deeper colour, the latter of which 

 is slightly extended down the tail. The belly and legs whitish 

 grey, with a dark ring just above the hoof. The forehead, cheeks, 

 neck, and mane marked w ith narrow transverse whitish bands, 

 which are visible in peculiar positions on the back also. 



This animal lives in troops, never intermixing with the Zebras. 

 According to Capt. Gordon, they are used by the natives for the 

 purpose of draught ; but as Buffon very justly observes, it is cu- 



