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there were none in England ; now, however, they 

 are common in every part of the kingdom. Lin- 

 nsens and Gmelin erroneously believed that the 

 males alone were decussated, and Aldrovandus is 

 mistaken when he asserts that the females do not 

 bray. A more detailed description of this animal 

 we think superfluous, and therefore proceed to men- 

 tion the last species of the present group. 



THE DJIGGETAI. 



A sinus hemionus.* 

 PLATE XX. 



The Mongolese name of this animal, very variously 

 spelt by European writers, signifies the eared^ be- 

 cause, like the wild ass, it is provided with longer 

 ears than the horse. In size the animal is little in- 

 ferior to the wild horse, in general shape resembling 

 a mule, in gracefulness of action a horse, and in the 

 mixed colours of its livery and difference of fur in 

 the cold and warm seasons so like the wild Kiang 

 or spotted horse, that both are confounded in some 

 descriptions, and in others a similar confusion exists 

 between it and the wild ass, as already observed in 

 our notice of the Koulan. If the account we be- 

 lieve derived from Pallas can be relied on, the 

 Djiggetai wants two teeth, but we do not find in 

 what place of either jaw. The head is long, flat in 

 * Astahis or Hemippus of the ancients. 



