THE PEJEVALSKY HORSE. 17 



colour of the forehead. The space between the nostrils was of 

 a red-brown colour. The outside of the nostrils was surrounded 

 with while hairs. The lips of both the stallion and the mare were 

 black. 



In the mare the black colour of the legs extended above the 

 fetlocks ; but, in the stallion, it did not come so high up as these 

 joints, and was, in general, less dark. The mare had four well- 

 marked black stripes on the legs ; but stripes were very poorly 

 developed in the stallion. Owing to the presence of a large 

 quantity of yellow hair, the lower part of the legs of the stallion 

 was mottled in colour ; whereas, in the mare, it was of uniform 

 black. 



Respecting the Prjevalsky horses belonging to Falz-Fein, I quote 

 the following letter from Koshevnikoff in extenso : 



" Among the interesting animals which are at Askaniya Nova, 

 there are three Prjevalsky horses, and two supposed crosses between 

 a domestic mare and a Prjevalsky stallion. 



" All five animals arrived at the Falz-Fein estate in the spring 

 of 1900. In all, five unweaned foals accompanied by four Kirghiz 

 brood mares were handed over. They were obtained as newly- 

 born animals in 1899, and had apparently wintered in Blisk. 



" All the specimens were mares. They grazed in the open, in 

 company Avith the two supposed cross-bred animals and an onager, 

 under the care of a special herdsman. If these wild horses were 

 driven into an enclosure, they would allow no one to approach 

 nearer than four or five yards without becoming excited." 



The following is a description of the individual animals : 



" No. 1. The largest and darkest coloured. The stable servants 

 of the place consider it to be cream-coloured. Personally, I would 

 say that it is of a dun or fawn colour ; but I must admit that the 

 determination of the colour of the Prjevalsky horse is very difficult 

 on account of its indefiniteness, and owing to the vagueness of the 

 terms employed. 



" The dift'erent parts of the body are differently coloured. The 

 legs are dark and even black below. Callosities are present on 

 all the legs ; 1 he anterior ones being above the joint, and the 

 posterior below the joint. On the fore legs there are two not very 

 well marked stripes. 



■' The muzzle resembles that of an ordinary horse. There is 

 a dark spot on the forehead. The upper lip is white, and the 

 upper part of the nostril is of a whitish-yellow colour. 



" The dorsal stripe is well marked and is broader than in the 

 other animals. The tail has no long hair for a distance of two 

 werschok (about 3| inches) from the root. The mane is erect, 



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