ears, small and inexpressive eyes, and light buff-colored muzzle are well 

 shown in Fig. 1. The body is uniformly colored, with a dark brown 

 dorsal stripe. Sometimes there are faint horizontal stripings on the 

 legs. 



Another very distinctive feature, well shown in Fig. 1, is the short, 

 stiff hair on the upper portion of the tail, of buff or dun color, traversed 

 by the vertical stripe. There is a vast difference between the short, 

 smooth and rather handsome coat of these animals in summer and 

 the rough, shaggy coat of the winter, when a long beard appears be- 

 neath the jaws. 



Fifi. 1. HERD OF PRZEWALSKY WILD HORSES IN ZOOLOGICAL PARK 



The original stallion and mare to the left. The small colt, born June 8, 1912, is of 

 uniform buff color with a woolly coat. Photographed June 20, 1912 



These animals were formerly widely spread over Europe, between 

 twenty and twenty-five thousand years ago. During the Ice Age, they 

 were among the favorite subjects of the cave men, who represented 

 them with extraordinary fidelity as to all the features we have men- 

 tioned, on the walls of the caves of the Pyrenees, and of Dorgogne and 

 northwestern Spain. Not one of these drawings shows a forelock, 



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