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long- oblique crack in the skin on the right side. The hair is slightly 

 worn in spots about the .shoulders and along the sides, where the ani- 

 mal had probably rubbed itself in its cage, as well as one or two minor 

 spots about the head. 



Marhinqs. — The shape, direction, relative size, and number of the 

 stripes and shadow stripes are well seen in the figures and need no de- 

 tailed description. The most anterior shadow stripe subtends the 

 first dorsal stripe posterior to the shoulder stripe on each side. No 

 real stripes appear on the legs proper, but at the left heel are two 

 small remnants of stripes, and about the right heel are three faint 

 remnants. On the left side but one vertical dorsal stripe reaches the 

 ventral longitudinal stripe, while on the right side two stripes are 

 fully connected with the ventral line and a third is partially connected 

 with it. The neck stripes are ver}^ broad, and on the right side some 

 of them fuse in places. 



Color. — The muzzle is dirty white, sufi^used with cream bufl''' just 

 above margin of upper lip; elsewhere it presents a grizzled appear- 

 ance, due to the dark bases of the hairs and the dark color of the skin 

 showing through the short scant hairs. Chin similar to muzzle, but 

 w^ithout anv cream-buff area. The dark patches above the nostrils are 

 intermediate in color between vand}' ke brown and burnt umber. The 

 dark stripes on the face are dark seal brown tinged with vandyke 

 brown; those on the cheeks a dark shade of vandyke brown and burnt 

 umber. The light areas of the head are dirty white. The dark 

 stripes of the neck and body are a dark combination of vandyke 

 brown and burnt umber, growing lighter as the stripes reach the 

 region of the elbow, belly, and hips. The upper half of the light 

 neck stripes are a very light mixture of Isabella and fawn colors, fad- 

 ing out to dirt}^ white on the lower half of the stripes. The dark 

 colors of the mane are concolor wath the dark neck stripes, but the 

 white areas are white or dirt}' white, contrasting with the isabella- 

 fawn color of the upper portion of the neck stripes. The light stripes 

 on the body, shoulders, hips, and thighs are a light mixture of fawn 

 and Isabella color; those on the body fading out to dirty white on the 

 belly. The shadow stripes are light mummy brown, gradually blend- 

 ing into the ground color of the light stripes in which they are situ- 

 ated. The belly is dirtj^ white, with the longitudinal stripe dark seal 

 brown tinged wnth vand3dve brown. 



The legs are dirt}" white, irregularly suffused with dirty cream buff'. 

 The renmant of marks about the heel are similar in color to the 

 shadow stripes, but much lighter. 



The ears are dirty white; the dark spot toward the tip is concolor 

 with the dark neck stripes. 



«The names of the colors are taken from Ridgway's Nomenclature of Colors for 

 Naturalists. 



