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Lofoden Isles (p. 121, Fig. 50), and from those of the isle of 

 Rodo off the coast of Norway (p. 119, Fig. 48). 



(3) Prejvalsky's Horse (E. przewalskii Poliakoff) is so 

 called from the fact that a skin was presented to that traveller 

 by the chief magistrate of Zaizan ; the latter had obtained it 

 from Kirghis who hunt wild camels in the deserts of Central 

 Asia. It was first described by Poliakoff in 1881. It has callosities 

 on its hind-legs and its hoofs are like those of Equus cabalius 1 , 

 but it differs from the latter in having a short, erect mane, no 

 forelock, and by the tail, on which the long hairs only begin 

 at the lower third of the dock instead of at the root. The ears 

 are of a moderate size, and Poliakoff maintained that it was a 

 distinct species. Ten years later the brothers Grijimailo found 

 many of these animals in the desert of Dzungaria, and shot three 

 stallions and one mare. 



Recently the energy of Mr Carl Hagenbeck of Hamburg 

 (commissioned by the Duke of Bedford), has enabled naturalists 

 to study living specimens for themselves. His agents, who 

 employed nearly 2,000 Kirghis for the purpose, captured thirty- 

 two foals (17 stallions, 15 fillies), which were fostered by common 

 Mongolian mares (cf. Fig. 19). Mr Hagenbeck's account of these 

 young animals, accompanied by an illustration, the first taken 

 from a living specimen, was published by Mr Tegetmeier 2 . 

 " The young wild horses were obtained from three districts, and, 

 according to their descent, certain variations in colour are to be 

 distinguished. The districts where they were caught are south 

 of the Mongolian town Kobdo, long. 93 E. (Greenwich). To 

 the west the territory is a large plain, of which the great 

 Altai mountains are the eastern frontiers. The northern 

 and southern frontiers are formed by two rivers, both of 

 which flow from the Altai, the Kui-kuius in the north, the 

 Urungu in the south. The plain is bounded 200 miles from 

 Kobdo by the Tusgul Sea, into which both rivers discharge. 

 The foals in this territory are of the following colours : 

 directly after their birth, the head, the ears, the neck, the 



1 The hoofs are long as in 'Arabs,' not broad as in cart-horses. 



2 Field, 31 Aug. 1901, p. 391. Mr Hagenbeck also supplied a map showing 

 the localities mentioned. 



