330 THE QUAGGA. 



shoulders, body, and obliquely over the croup, they 

 dichotomise and divide, but not so irregularly, nor 

 descend so low as in the Congo species ; on the 

 spine there is a black streak edged with white 

 where the cross bars end, though in the former they 

 pass on until they touch the ridge line ; between 

 the black there are regular brown lines relieving the 

 pale bay. 



According to Captain Harris, the female has an 

 udder of four mammae ; the hoofs of both species 

 are black. The foal is marked like the parents, and 

 differs from the adults only by its juvenile form. 

 The Dauw inhabits the plains of South Africa north 

 of the river Gareep in numerous herds, where they 

 mix and accompany those of the ko-koon or Colo- 

 llepas gorgon. Notwithstanding what is reported 

 of the fleetness of these animals, it appears that 

 they can be overtaken, and are actually speared by 

 hunters when they are well mounted. 



THE QUAGGA OP THE CAPE COLONISTS. 



Hippotigris quacha. 



PLATE XXIV. 



THIS species, equal or superior in size to the former, 

 is still more robust in structure, with more girth, 

 wider across the hips, more like a true horse, the 

 hoofs considerably broader than in the zebra, and 

 the neck full, the ears rather small, twice barred 



