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specimen of which the skin was exhibited in the Society's 

 old museum in 1838, or thereabouts. These, however, 

 were by n6 means the only specimens brought alive to 

 England, for as early as 1815 one was in the possession 

 of Lord Morton, while somewhat later on in the last 

 century Mr. Sheriff Parkins was in the habit of driving 

 two quaggas in a phaeton about London, and in narrating 

 this circumstance the late Colonel Hamilton Smith men- 

 tions that he himself had been drawn in a gig by one of 

 these animals, which showed " as much temper and delicacy 

 of mouth as any domestic horse." Another quagga was 

 in the possession of a former Prince of Wales, and there 

 are records of others in England. The skulls of the two 

 driven by Mr. Parkins, as well as a portrait of one of 

 them, are preserved in the Museum of the Royal College 

 of Surgeons. 



In addition to the specimens in the British, Edinburgh, and 

 Tring museums, several skins are preserved on the Con- 

 tinent. With one exception, all appear to be of the same 

 general type as the London example photographed by Messrs. 

 York in 1870. The exception is one in the Imperial Museum 

 at Vienna, of which a description and photograph have 

 recently been published by the Director, Dr. L. von Lorenz, 

 in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 

 Unfortunately there is no record as to the locality where 

 the Vienna specimen (which is a female) was obtained, all 

 that is known being that it was acquired by purchase 

 in 1836. 



Compared with the ordinary type of quagga, as exemplified 

 by York's photograph, the Vienna animal is of somewhat 

 larger dimensions, with a creamy buff (instead of greyish or 

 chocolate-brown) ground-colour on the upper parts, with the 

 exception of the head, which is clay-brown. A more striking 



