30 THE HOBSE FAMILY. 



much like neighing as braying; but Moorcroft and General 

 Strachey described it as more like braying than neighing, the 

 latter traveller observing that '^ my impression of the voice of the 

 Kiang is that it is a shrieking bray, not like that of the Common 

 Ass, but still a real bray, and not a neigh/' It is perfectly 

 distinct from the bray of E. asinus, and also differs from the cry 

 of one of the races of E. onager. 



A sinuous profile, a narrow chocolate dorsal stripe, and chest- 

 nut body-colour, with pure ^vhite on the muzzle, shoulder, under- 

 parts and inner sides of the limbs are distinctive features of the 

 Kiang. 



The typical race of the species (Efjuiis hemlonus typicus), 

 inhabiting Mongolia and Turkestan, is termed Chigetai by the 

 Mongols and Kulan by the Tatars and Kirghiz. It is at present 

 not shown in the collection. In its make and actions — especially 

 of starting when alarmed with the head so elevated that the plane 

 of the face is almost horizontal — as well as in the general type of 

 colouring, the Chigetai agrees essentially with the Kiang. Both in 

 the winter and summer coat it lacks, however, the distinctly rufous- 

 chestnut tint characteristic of the latter, while it is also characterised 

 by the less marked contrast between the light and dark areas of 

 the coat ; the light areas on the muzzle, buttocks, legs, under- 

 parts, etc., being '' Isabella-coloured ^' instead of white, and thus 

 less differentiated from the fawn of the rest of the body ; while 

 the light areas on the neck and shoulder are smaller. The general 

 colour is pale sandy fawn, with the tips of the ears, mane, dorsal 

 stripe (which is continued down the tail) brown ; and there seems 

 little difference in this respect between the summer and the winter 

 coat. 



The next Asiatic representative of the family is the 

 Onager or Ghor-khar (Equus onager) of the 

 Ghor-khar. ^^^^^,^ districts of Western and W. Central Asia 

 and North-Western India, where it is represented by several local 

 races. In size it is considerably less than E. heniionus, the 

 minimum recorded height being 11 and the maximum llj hands. 

 The ears are apparently much the same as in the latter ; and the 

 hoofs are narrow and Ass-like ; the front pair being but little wider 

 than the hind pair. The profile of the face is either nearly straight 



