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The South Abyssinian bonte-quagga has been separated by Mr. 

 Camerano {Atti Ac. Reale Torijto, 1902, p. 10) from the Masai Equns 

 burcJielli granti as E, b. jallce. 



The zebra from North-east Rhodesia described as E. annectans 

 {supra, p. 65) is regarded by Mr. R. I. Pocock (" Harmswortli Natural 

 History," p. 789) as a bonte-quagga nearly allied to E. b. crawshayi, 

 and specially characterised by the great width of the black stripes. 



FOA'S ZEBRA 



{Eqjins foal) 



To the zebra inhabiting the mountainous country opposite Teti, 

 on the north bank of the lower part of the Zambesi, Messrs. Prazak 

 and Trouessart in i 899 {Bulletin Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 

 vol. V. p. 350) gave the name Equns foai. From all races of the bonte- 

 quagga this zebra is distinguished by the larger number of main stripes 

 on the body and hind-quarters, and by the circumstance that there is 

 no backward bending (except in the last of the series) of the body- 

 stripes as they approach the dorsal stripe, to which they run 

 approximately at right angles. In this respect Foa's zebra approxi- 

 mates to the true zebra and Grevy's zebra, from both of which it differs 

 by the stripes on the hind-quarters adjacent to the dorsal stripe 

 running parallel with the latter in the direction of the tail, as in the 

 bonte-quagga, instead of at right angles. Consequently, the " gridiron " 

 pattern of zebra and the concentric stripe-arrangement of grevyi in 

 this region are alike wanting. In general build, as well as in the 

 shape of the head and ears, Foa's zebra is nearer to the bonte-quagga 

 than to either of the other species ; this being borne out by the fact 

 that the body-stripes meet the stripe traversing the middle line of 

 the under surface. The legs are striped to the fetlocks, and the 

 pasterns black. This species is probably related to Crawshay's bonte- 

 quagga. 



THE AFRICAN BUFFALO 



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In the Proceedings of the Zoological Society for 19 10, p. 993, I 

 described a small buffalo from the left bank of the Kwilu river, in 



