THE BIRTH OF A ZEBRA HYBRID. O 



Matopo, last summer (1895_), was certainly very fasti- 

 dious ; instead of a large crop of foals I am only able to 

 report the arrival of one ; but as a cross between a male 

 BurclielPs zebra and a mare has apparently not been hitherto 

 obtained, I ought perhaps to be thankful that the telegony 



Fig. 1. 



Matopo. 



experiments did not prove a complete failure. By carefully 

 studying the habits of the zebra mares and Matopo all the 

 difficulties have been practically overcome ; he no longer 

 reminds one of the proverb, " You may lead a horse to the 

 water, but you cannot make him drink." I need only add 

 that the zebra horse, though low at the withers, stands 



