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tbere were none in England ; now, however, they 

 are common in every part of the kingdom. Lin- 

 naeus 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 

 * Astabis or Hemippus of the ancients. 



