THE PKJEVALSKY HOESE. 3 



Gutscliena, aud obtained during the expedition of Roborovsky and 

 Kozlov. (Skin, No. 3,094; skull, No. 5,218.) 



(13). An adult stallion, obtained by D. Clemenz out of the 

 herd of the Van's of Tor^outsk, on the River Bulunga. (Skin, No. 

 3,071.) 



I have had two opportunities of inspecting the living specimens 

 which Prince A. A. Oochtonisky, through the instrumentality of 

 Vaissainaiv, obtained in May, 1901, in Kobdo, from the pasture 

 lands of the Van's of Torgoutsk in West Mongolia. In 1901, the 

 Prince very kindly granted me permission to examine these 

 animals then in his stables. At the j^resent time, they are in 

 the Imperial stables at Tsarskoe-Selo, and, thanks to the kind- 

 ness of the Minister of the Imperial Court, I have again had an 

 opportunity of inspecting them. These horses have been photo- 

 graphed, and Professor P. 0. Kovalevsky has produced a water- 

 colour sketch of them, of which I give a photo-zinc copy 

 (Frontispiece). 



Up to the jiresent, I have had no opportunity of seeing the 

 horses which are the property of F. A. Falz-Fein. Tlianks, how- 

 ever, to the kindness of Mr. Falz-Fein, I am able to give repro- 

 ductions of photographs of his horses (Fig. 3). I am also 

 indebted to the courtesy of G. A. Koshe\aiikoff for a short descrip- 

 tion of the animals written after special observations. 



External Characters of Equus Prjevalskii. 



CONFORMATION. — The external characters of E. prjevalskii 

 have been repeatedly described. Poliakof * gave the first 

 description, which was followed by a fuller one by N. M. Prjeval- 

 sky.f Grum-Grjimailo I described living examples which 

 he had seen in a state of liberty, and skins which he presented to 

 the Zoological Museum. Tichonov § supplemented Poliakof's 

 description by an account of specimens in the Zoological Museum 

 of the University of Moscow (Expedition of Roborovsky and 



* II0.1HK0BI, .louia.ib npiKeBa.ibCKaro {Equm: Przewalskh n. sp.) 1881. Dsjaaie 

 flMiiepaTopcKaro PjccKaro I'eorpatusecKaro OOmeciBa. p. 10. 



t H. M. DpHjeBa-ibCKiii. Tpeibe nyieoiecTBie bi qeHTpa.ibiivio Asiio, flsb 3aiicaba 

 sepesi XaMH bT) TuOeib h BepxoBba /KejTOii ptKH. pp. 40-42. 



X rp. E. rpyMb-rpHiBMaii.TO. Oniicanie nyieuiecTBia bi aanajiiwii Kiiiaii. na.ianie 

 MMiieparopcKaro PyccKaro reorpa-tu-iecKaro OOmeciBa, 1896. pp. 118-211. 



§ A. A. Thxomhpob^. 4iiKan jouia/jb Mouro-iin. (EciecTBosHaBle u reorpa*ia 

 1898. No. 4.) 



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