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THE HOESE. 



is another modification of the zebra group. The 

 color of the head, neck, and upper parts of the body 

 is reddish-brown, irregularly banded and marked 

 with dark brown stripes, stronger on the head and 

 neck, and gradually becoming fainter, until lost on 

 the flanks, the haunches and hind quarters being 



FIG. 14. Quagga (Equus qitagga). 



From a photograph by Mr. York of an animal which lived in the gardens of 

 the Zoological Society of London, 1851-73. 



quite free of stripes. There is a broad, dark, median 

 dorsal stripe. The under surface of the body, the 

 legs, and tail, are nearly white, without stripes. The 

 crest is very high, surmounted by a standing mane, 

 banded alternately brown and white. Though never 

 really domesticated, quaggas have occasionally been 



