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of its ears (6 instead of 7 in.), and by the much smaller size 

 of the callosities on its forelegs. 



The distinct markings on the legs of Chapman's variety 

 (Fig. 36) are entirely absent in the typical Burchell zebra. 

 This animal is called dauw by the Boers, who also frequently 



FIG. 33. Skin of a full-grown Grant's Zebra; Uganda 1 . 



call it quagga. The typical Burchell zebra was also termed 

 the Bonte Quagga by Cornwallis Harris 2 , and. Mr Lydekker 3 



1 The illustration is from a skin in my own possession, the gift of my friend 

 the Rev. J. Boscoe, well known for his ethnological studies in Uganda. 



2 Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals of South Africa, Part i. (London, 

 1840). Harris used the term Burchell's Zebra both in the text and on the plate 

 (p. 48) of his Wild Sports of Southern Africa (London, 1841). 



3 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1904, p. 428 n. 



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