THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 8 1 



far north as Lake Zwai in Abyssinia. In the West it reaches the 

 eastern shores of Lake Rudolf, and in the East penetrates into 

 SomaUland. The SoniaUland Grrevy Zebra has been described as a 

 distinct race by Pocock * on account of the rather paler coloration. 



425-426 —19. 7.15.505 506. 1912. Northern Giiaso Nyiro, Kenya 

 Colony. 



CUNINGHAME'S ZEBKA. 

 Equus qtjagga cun^incmiamei. 



Equus quagga cuninghamei, Heller, Smithson. Misc. Collect, vol. Ixi. 

 no. 22, p. 3, 1914. 



Distinguished from grevyi by its smaller head and less 

 elongated skull. Ears smaller and narrower. Dark sti'i])es on 

 body wider than light ones ; the stripes on rump diagonal, not 

 transverse. The general ground colour is darker than in the 

 following race, ochraceous buff I'ather than cream coloured, and 

 the dark stripes ai-e a trifle paler. 



T^'pical locality, Northern Guaso Nyiro Valley, Kenya Colony, 

 ranging from the north bank of the Tana River northwards aci'oss 

 the Northern Gruaso Nyiro towards Lake Rudolf. 



427-428 —19.7.15.507-508. 1912. Northern Guaso Nyiro, Kenya 

 Colony. 



MASAI ZEBRA. 

 Equus quagga ghanti. 



Equus hurchelli granti, de Winton, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. G, vol. xvii. 



p. 319, 1896. 

 Equus quagga granti, Pocock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, vol. x. p. 306, 



1902 ; vol. xiv. p. 315, 1904. 



Closely related to cuni)ighamei, differing in the general ground 

 colour being whiter and the dark stripes darker. 



Typical locality, Thika-Thika Valley, upper Tana Valley, 

 Kenva Colony ; range from Southern Abyssinia southwards through 



* Equus grevyi herberensis, Pocock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, vol. x. 

 p. 308, 1902. 



