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nition marks ; and that the shght differences between the 

 respective stripes of the true Burchell's zebra (Fig. 621), 

 Chapman's zebra (Fig. 623^ and Gre\'y's zebra (Fig. 627) 

 serve a similar purpose. Mr. Selous {The Living Animals 

 of the World) tells us that " in the country between 



Fig. 401. — Yellow dun Norwegian pony 

 (the face stripes resemble those of the 

 Grev)' Zebra, Fig. 301). 



Mount Kenia and Lake Rudolph, Mr. A. H. Neumann 

 frequently met with herds of Grevy's and Burchell's 

 zebras consorting together. The contrast between the 

 two species when thus seen side by side was \'ery 

 marked, the former animals looking like horses among 

 a flock of ponies. Mr. Neumann never observed stallions 

 of the two species fighting together, but on the other 



