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line, on one side only of the animal, where the cross occurs in 
some individuals. In another Ghor-khur, which I saw in the 
Surrey Zoological Gardens, there was an incipient cross-stripe 
about an inch long, on one side, and still less (the merest indi- 
cation of it) on the other side. In the individual which Jacque- 
mont saw in Barrackpore Park, he remarks that there was “ une 
ligne noire transversale sur les épaules.” Whether this cross- 
stripe is ever seen in the Hemippus remains to be ascertained. 
Sir R. Kerr Porter describes a “ wild Ass” without even the 
dorsal stripe; and as he completed his sketch of it from a 
second individual which he killed, our incredulity should there- 
fore abate somewhat, even though his account remains uncor- 
roborated to this day. All other observers seem to agree in 
describing the Persian wild Ass to have the usual longitudinal 
dorsal streak. Thus in Morier’s ‘Second Journey through 
Persia’ (ii. p. 201) we read, “ The wild Ass is of a light mouse- 
colour, with a dark streak over its shoulder and down its back,” 
which may imply that a cross-stripe was also observed. Porter, 
however, states, “‘ The mane was short and black, as was also a 
tuft which terminated his tail; no line whatever ran along his 
back, or crossed his shoulders, as are seen in the tame species.” 
Such an animal does not appear to have been met with by any 
other person! Prof. St.-Hilaire suspects that it will yet prove to 
be a distinct species. As an example of the vague misuse of 
names in which many authors indulge, it may here be remarked 
that in Kinneir’s ‘ Geographical Memoir of the Persian Empire’ 
(p. 42) these animals are actually styled “Zebras or wild 
Asses !” 
The voice of Major Tytler’s Ghor-khurs is a loud, shrieking 
bray. It is decidedly different from that of an animal which I 
heard in the Zoological Gardens, Regent’s Park, which also was 
a distinct bray, but much less harsh and discordant than that of 
a donkey. This animal was probably a Hemippus; and Prof. 
Is. St.-Hilaire remarks that the voice of the Hemippus is notably 
different from that of the “‘ Hémione,” meaning the Ghor-khur. 
Also that “le draire de nos Hémiones indiens, si lon veut se 
servir pour eux de ce mot, différe considérablement du braire de 
PAne, soit domestique, soit sauvage*.” When and where the 
distinguished Professor heard the bray of the wild Ass does not 
appear on the record; but the probability is that it differs little, 
if at all, from that of the domestic animal. 
The Kyang, according to Major A. Cunningham, “neighs 
like a horse ;” and I suspect that it was upon his authority that 
Dr. Walker asserted the same, and that he had never heard the 
* Comptes Rendus, December 31, 1855, p. 1224. 
