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Thus we call it bay pied, gray pied, roan pied, etc., when the bay, the 

 gray, or the roan covers a larger area than the white ; and pied bay, 

 pied gray, pied roan in the contrary disposition. 



Finally, in order to be more precise, even the variety of the white 

 or colored coat can be mentioned, as may be seen in the following 

 examples : rusty black pied, dark fox-color pied, flea-bitten rosy^ pied, 

 burnt sorrel porcelain pied, etc. Ordinarily, however, the varieties of 

 the white color are not mentioned. 



AYhen the four extremities of a piebald horse are white, they are 

 designated as having stockings, or as being white-footed. 



When the mane, tail, and extremities of the pied bay, pied Isabella, 

 and pied roan are white instead of black, one may be easily deceived, 

 and confound these coats with the pied sorrel, cream-color, and flea- 

 bitten. In such a case, there remain no other points to guide us except- 

 ing the shade of the hairs ; but there are found at times in the forelock, 

 the mane, the tail, or upon the extremities some dark, black, or colored 

 hairs, which enable us to avoid this error. However this may be, if 

 the exact determination of the colored hairs be impossible, it is well to 

 indicate, for want of a more accurate expression, that the subject has a 

 white mane, tail, and extremities. 



The varieties of the piebald are as numerous as there are types of 

 coats, excepting the white. We will consequently recognize 



The pied black, the pied cream-color, the pied bay, the pied mouse, 

 the pied fox-color, the pied gray, the pied flea-bitten, and the pied roan. 



2d. The conjugate gray and Isabella is an extremely rare coat, of which 

 one of us 1 has observed but two examples. We have added to it the epithet 

 conjugate, to distinguish it from the ordinary Isabella gray (which is mixed), and 

 to fully establish its relation and its analogy with the piebalds. 



In the case under consideration there existed, upon the body of the horse, 

 two distinct coats : one was the gray, and the other the Isabella. 



We are not aware that instances of this kind, identical and analogous, have 

 been observed previously. In any case they might be very logically classified 

 along with the latter and be designated according to the same principle. 



We will also mention here another observation which we had the opportunity 

 to make during the month of July, 1883, and which we brought under the notice 

 of our pupils, as well as of H. Bouley and some others of our colleagues. 



It concerned a mare in the army, used for the saddle, whose coat was cherry 

 bay, and presented large, irregular patches of dark maroon bay. The latter were 

 almost blended upon the left side of the body and members ; upon the right 

 side, disseminated and well delineated. 



The officer who described this animal had entered her as a cherry bay 



1 Arm. Goubaux. 



