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zebra hybrids. In Romulus it begins about four inches 

 above the level of the stifle^ and extends relatively as high 

 as in the horse.* Between the lower flank stripe and the 

 hock stripe — the stripe which typically bifurcates as it 

 crosses the hock — there are ten distinct transverse bands, 

 between some of which fairly distinct shadow stripes may 

 be seen. Altogether it is possible to identify thirteen 

 stripes above the hock when the three flank stripes are in- 

 cluded. Below the hock the stripes are now (1898) rather 

 obscure, owing to the darkening of the intermediate spaces. 

 It is, however, possible to make out some thirteen stripes 

 on the outside of the leg below the hock. The inside of 

 the leg above the hock is of a drab or mouse-colour. 

 Within six inches of the stifle there is a straight stripe 

 running across the leg, and between this line and the hock 

 eight other stripes are present. While the outside of the 

 hind shank in Romulus has as many stripes as in his sire, 

 the inside is distinctly less striped; but, on the other hand, 

 the pastern and fetlock are much darker. 



In Romulus there are only chestnuts on the fore-legs, 

 but in Remus — a bay Irish mare's hybrid — there are chest- 

 nuts on both fore and hind legs, and in a Clydesdale's hybrid 

 there is a small chestnut on one hind leg. In all my 

 hybrids, as in their sire, there are ergots at the fetlocks, but 

 only in two of the hybrids is there a distinct tuft of hair at 

 the fetlock. The mane in Romulus agrees with that of his 

 sire, except that many of the central hairs reach, before 

 they are shed, a length of eight or nine inches, and the 

 difference between the colour of the lateral tufts is not pro- 

 nounced. In Matopo the mane extends as far as the frontal 

 tuft, but in Romulus there is a gap of about half an inch 

 between the tuft and the mane. From the terminal part 

 of the tail, which is relatively longer than in the horse, a 

 bunch of long persistent hairs grow ; but from the greater 

 part of the tail the hair was shed during last winter, and 

 developed again during the spring. 



* The flank swirl being quite small or absent in the ass, it is not surprising 

 to find that in a zebra-ass hybrid the feather or swirl is wanting. 



