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stripes, and between them lie in many cases shadow-stripes of a 
faint brown. 
All these animals, and the Quagga too, are absolutely 
contined to Africa. Mr. R. Crawshay,! in describing what he 
considered to be a new variety, remarked upon the curiosity of 
EL. burchelli. “They remain out in the sun on the plains all day 
long, not retiring into covert at all. They are then an intoler- 
able nuisance to any one in pursuit of other game; indeed this 
may be said of them at all times. If once they notice you, they 
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draw in and mob you in their curiosity—only, however, when 
one takes no interest in them, for when they fancy they are the 
object of the intruder’s attention, no animals are more watchful 
and cunning in safeguarding themselves. If only their curiosity 
were manifested in silence it would not so much matter, but it 
vents itself in snorts and thundering stampedes, which puts every 
beast within earshot on the gui vive.” 
Whether Burchell’s Zebra? can be further subdivided into 
species or sub-species appears to be doubtful. Dr. Matschie 
considers that Hqguwus boehmi may be regarded as a valid form, 
and in addition to this two sub-species, £. burchelli granti and 
1 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1895, p. 688. 
# See Pocock, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) xx. 1897, p. 38. 
