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head : it proved to be a well-grown, handsomely marked filly of the 

 first year ; and as the rest retreated, I noticed that the mare hung 

 back and looked frequently round for her lost little one, returning 

 when the others were out of sight and gazing wistfully at the spot 

 where it lay. 



" I had no means of measuring the beautiful little creature on the 

 spot ; and for convenience of carrying I had only my small sketch- 

 book, so carefully outlined one of the fore legs. I sent Pompey 

 back for assistance, and in the interval sketched on a small scale, and 

 stripped off the skin, which is a good size for a small museum, and, 

 as carriage is a consideration, suits me better than a large one. 



" It is perfectly marked after the manner of Quaggas in this loca- 

 lity, but not so fully as those of Daka and the Zambesi, and is most 

 certainly an intermediate link between already described varieties 

 and the Zebra. The chief points worthy of note are that the legs, 

 instead of being white as in the Bonte Quagga (E. Burchellii) from 

 the houghs and knees, are marked with transverse bands, not so dark 

 as those on the body, quite down to the hoofs ; there is a dark stripe, 

 commencing between the fore legs and extending along the belly to 

 between the hinder, where it becomes broader and somewhat fainter ; 

 the first three stripes behind the shoulder are joined to this ; the 

 dark stripes on the rump are alternated with others of a medium 

 brown, but those on the fore part of the body and neck are of a full 

 deep black ; there are callosities on the inside of the fore legs only, 

 and none on the hinder. 



" Chapman killed two Quaggas during the day. I believe they 

 were very faintly marked on the legs ; but the vultures and Damaras 

 destroyed them. The skins are quite worthless, which is much to be 

 regretted, as we think it certain they are true Quaggas undescribed 

 in any work we know of, and, as a new variety, would have been a 

 handsome gift to any museum. 



" Pereira told me subsequently, the Quagga of Damaraland has 

 legs very nearly white ; there are faint stripes, but not visible till you 

 come close to them ; there are warts on the fore legs only. The 

 "Wilde Paard is darker, the stripes blacker; the head is larger, and 

 the ears also ; they stand up so as to be visible above the mane. The 

 Wilde Paard goes in the hills, the Quagga on the flats. 



" I sent down the skin of the filly to Mr. Logue in Cape Town, 

 and he forwarded it to the British Museum." 



"With reference to this communication, Mr. Sclater remarked that 

 the female Zebra in the Society's Gardens (presented to the Menagerie, 

 May 26th, 1801, by H.E. Sir George Grey), which he had hitherto 

 referred to Equus Burchellii, appeared to answer the description 

 above given in every way, and must probably be referred to Equus 

 Chapmanni if that species were allowed to stand. 



