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THE EXISTING EQUIDAE 



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prefers the latter name. Mr Pocock 1 regards the Burchell zebra 

 or Bonte Quagga and Equus quagga as the same species, but 

 to this point we shall presently revert. 



(15) Crawshay's 2 Zebra (Equus burchelli var. crawshayi], 

 a variety found in the highlands of Nyassaland, west of Lake 

 Nyassa, is held by Prof. Ewart 3 to bridge over the supposed 

 gap between the Burchell and the Mountain Zebra, and also 



Fm. 34. Burchell's Zebra (Grant's Variety). 



shows in its colouring at least one point of contact with the 

 Somali species. It is about 13'2 hands high, and in the 

 general disposition of its stripes closely resembles Chapman's 



1 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, Vol. x. (1902), p. 306 ; ibid. 1 Nov. 1904. 



2 E. Crawshay, Proc. of Zoolog. Soc., 1895, p. 688. Mr Crawshay procured 

 his specimen in the Henga country three days S.W. of Deep Bay, Lake Nyassa. 



3 Penycuik Experiments, p. 10. 



