Species and Subspecies of Zebras. .51 



least as broad, as the intervening 



liglit spaces (E. Africa, nortli of 



the Zambesi.) 

 a'. Stripes brown, broad; nostril- 

 patches bhick Granfii, de Wiuton. 



(Masailand.) 

 b*. Stripes blacker, narrower ; 

 nostril-patches yellowish brown 



(tan) CrawsJuii/i, deW'inton. 



(Nyasiiland.) 



A*. Shadow-stripes traceable between 



the princi|ml strip'S at least on 



the quarters ; principal stripes on 



the quarters as a rule narrower 



than the iuterveuing spaces .... (South of the Zam- 

 besi.) 

 a'. Body-stripes passing beneath the 

 belly and meeting the ventral 

 stripe. 

 a®. Shadow-stripes on quarters 

 faint and narrow, much nar- 

 rower than the principal 

 stripes ; legs mottled or 

 striped to hoof. 

 n'. Outer side of legs strongly 

 striped to hoof; fetlocks 

 and pasterns completely 

 etriped both externally and 

 internally ; lower half of 

 pastern black from the fu- 

 sion of stripes, cOS in Craio- 



shayi Selousii, nov. (M.i- 



shunaland.) 

 b^. Stripes on lower half of legs 

 showing a distinct ten- 

 dency to become obliterated 

 and hreak up into irregular 

 brown spots ; lower part 

 of pastern not continuously 



black Chapmanni, Layard*. 



(Between Damara- 

 land and Matabele- 

 land.) 

 b^. Shadow-stripes on quarters 

 strong and distinct, not very 

 much narrower than the 

 principal stripes, which are 

 themselves very narrow, far 

 narrower than the interven- 

 ing spaces that contain the 

 shadow-stripes (fetlocks and 

 pasterns without stripes or 



spots) Wahlhergi, nov. 



(Zululand.) 



* Including also Bohmi, Matschie, judging from figures and descrip- 

 tions. 



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