Species and Subspecies of Zebras. 39 



striped, but the shouMer is practically unstripcd. Along tlio 

 sides of the spinal stripe dark brown patches representing the 

 dorsal extremities of the flank-stripes are traceable as tar as 

 the rump ; but the posterior part of the flanks is very indis- 

 tinctly banded, presenting a mottled appearance. It is 

 evident, however, that towards the quarters the stripes were 

 arranged in an oblif[uely longitudiiuil direction. It may be 

 added that the specimen under notice is certainly faded ; but, 

 taking these facts into consideration, there is no doubt that 

 it was originally very different from the example seen by 

 Edwards. 



The figure of this species published by Gray in the 

 * Knowsley Menagerie,' from which those given by Noack 

 (Zool. Garten, xxxiv. p. 2'JO) have been adapted, show the 

 backward extension of the stripes as far as the quarters 

 and their breaking up into spots, as in the type; whereas 

 in the coloured drawing of the species in Harris's ' Game 

 Animals of South Africa,' as well as in Hamilton Smith's 

 volume on the horse, the dark stripes, though black and well 

 defined over the head and neck, scarcely extend past the 

 withers. According to ^latschie, too (Zool. Garten, xxxv. 

 p. 38), the ground-colour, possibly from exposure to light, 

 varies from dark brown to a much paler tint. 



It is sometimes stated that the tail of the quagga is more 

 thickly hairy than in the other zebras, and approaches that of 

 domestic horses. No evidence of this fact, however, is 

 sujjplied by Edwards's figure nor by the specimen in the 

 British Museum, nor by the specimen of which there is a 

 photogravure in Sir William Flower's book on the horse 

 (see p. 90). It is noticeable, however, that in the Museum 

 example the hair on the fetlocks is longer than in any zebra 

 that 1 have seen. 



This species was formerly abundant on the flats of Cape 

 Colony to the south of the Orange River. 



(3) Equus Burchelli (Gray). 



Asinus Burchellii, J. E. Gray, Zool. Journ. i. p. 247, pi. iv. (1825). 

 Equiis zi'broides, Lesson, Manuel de Mamiualogie, p. 340 (1827). 

 Equus festivus, Waj^uer, in Scbreber's Saugethiere, vi. p. 216, 



pi. cccxvii. B. (1834). 

 Hipjmtigris ccnnpedris, H. Smith, Jardine's Naturalist's Library, 



Horses, p. 329 (1841). 



The above synonymy needs no justification, seeing that 

 the three names zehroides, festivus, and campestris were pro- 

 posed by their authors to replace the older name Burchelli, 

 apparently for no better reason than the imaginary inappro- 

 priateness of the latter title. 



