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the junction there of the stripes from the neck and breast with the 

 transverse stripes. A longitudinal dark band traverses the whole 

 length of the belly, becoming narrower and deeper on the breast, 

 around which it winds and continues, forming one of the oblique lines, 

 to the centre of the shoulder-blades. From out of this ventral line 

 diverge the transverse lines tending towards the dorsal line, but not 

 connected therewith. On the legs the stripes gradually assume a 

 horizontal direction from the top downwards, but continuing the ob- 

 lique direction longer on the hind legs, and are distinctly, though 

 sometimes only faintly, visible to the hoofs in this specimen. Others 

 are more strongly marked. In some cases the transverse lines do 

 run into the dorsal line ; but in no two specimens do the markings 

 seem to be exactly alike, the lines sometimes branching into two or 

 three as they approach the dorsal line on the flank and the angle at 

 the junction of the horizontal or oblique lines, these with the trans- 

 verse being sometimes filled up with disconnected hieroglyphical 

 characters. 



" The height of a young male shot in June 1862, at the shoulder, 

 was 4| feet, at the rump 5 feet." 



" Notes of a sujiposed new variety of Quagga observed on the ele- 

 vated flats between the Botletle and Zambesi Rivers during the 

 late journey of J. Chapman and T. Baines. By T. Baines. 



" Extract from my diary : — 



" 20th May, 1862. — Chapman had shot a Quagga answering most 

 nearly to the Bonte Quagga or BurchelPs Zebra, which is striped 

 over the neck and body, the legs only, from the knees and houghs, 

 being white ; in this, however, faint markings were continued all the 

 way down, and a peculiar line was run along the centre of the sto- 

 mach, making me think it must be a new variety. Unfortunately it 

 is already cut up by Damaras and Bushmen. 



"As nearly as I can remember, Chapman, on returning, remarked, 

 ' The Quaggas here are not like those of Vaal River ; they have stripes 

 on their legs ;' then said, 'and if they are not Zebras they must be 

 new, for only two kinds are described — the common one of Kafirland 

 with no stripes on the rump or legs, and E. Burchellii, the Bonte 

 Quagga, with no stripes on its legs' *. Chapman considered they were 

 not Zebras (as the animal is called here), E. montanus having longer 

 ears and asinine head and tail, whereas the head and ears of these 

 were more like those of a Horse, and the tail more bushy. Besides 

 this, E. montanus is strictly confined to hills and broken ground, 

 while these live in immense herds on the flat, with no mountains 

 within many days' journey. We determined on further investigation. 



" Latitude of the camp 20° 5' 55" south. 



" June 26th. — Chapman shot a Quagga strongly marked, like the 

 former ones, on the parts of the legs that are usually white ; he sent 



* This passage reads obscurely. Baines means only two kinds of Quagga: the 

 hunters call E. quagga and E. Burchellii " Quaggas," while E. montanus they call 

 " Zebra."— E. L. L. 



