44 Mr. K. I. Pocock on the 



legs are at times marked to the fetlocks. It is clear, however, 

 that the author may have confounded the two subspecies. 

 One other feature mentioned bj C/hapman may be noticed — 

 namely, that on the thighs the stripes are alternately pale 

 brown and dark brown {l. c. p. 418). 



1 have seen no zebra skin that exactly fits this descrip- 

 tion, but at the present time there are several specimens 

 living in the Zoological Gardens in London that precisely 

 coincide with it. The legs are marked to tlie hoof, though 

 not strongly striped tliereto ; shadow-stripes are visible on 

 the quarters, and the muzzle-patches are almost black. 



Lastly, these zebras seem to be identical in all particulars 

 with the one living in the Zoological Gardens in Berlin 

 which Matschie has figured (Zool. Garten, xxxv. p. 70, 1894) 

 to illustrate the distinctive features of the species he has 

 named BoJimi. See also fig. 52, p. 95, ' Die Saugethiere Ost- 

 Afrikas,' Berlin, 1895. 



Chapman fell in with the zebra which bears his name in 

 the country lying between Damaraland and iMatabeleland, 

 the animal, according to Layard, being first met with 

 200 miles inland of Walvisch Bay, that is to say, in Damara- 

 land, where it doubtless encroaches upon the territory of 

 E. antiquorum and probably blends with it. 



Subspecies Wahlhergi^ nov. 



This subspecies is based upon a stuffed specimen obtained 

 in Zululand by Wahlberg, and now exhibited in the Mamma- 

 lian Gallery of the Natural History Museum (B.M. no. 

 46.6.2.76). 



The stripes are a deep chocolate-brown in colour ; those 

 on the flanks are wider than the intervening spaces, but on 

 the quarters the principal strij)es are narrow, being only a 

 little wider than the shadow-stripes, wliich are very distinct 

 on this region and are traceable up to the withers. It is also 

 noticeable that the first princi])al strij)e below the one that 

 runs to the root of the tail is almost as pale as the shadow- 

 stripes. On the lower half of the quarters and shoulder the 

 stripes begin to die away, becoming gradually thinner and 

 more Avidely spaced, but are stronger on the knees and hocks 

 than immediately above and below these joints. They 

 extend to a point about halfway between the hocks or knees 

 and fetlocks, the fetlocks, pasterns, and inner side of the legs 

 being without markings. The lower ends of the flank-stripes 

 meet the ventral stripe. The tail is laterally spotted, its tuft 

 being almost entirely white, with only a few black hairs at 



