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Sir William Flower, writing of this species in ^' The 

 Horse,^^ says : 



*' Being obviously different from any that had hitherto been 

 seen in Europe, it was named by M. Milne-Edwards Equus 

 grevyi, in compliment to his political chief. On a white ground 

 colour it is very finely marked all over with numerous delicate, 

 intensely black stripes, arranged in a pattern quite different 

 from those of the other species. In view of the great variability 

 of the markings of these animals, as long as but one individual 

 of this form was known, some doubts were expressed as tO' 

 whether it might not be an exceptionally-coloured mdividual of 

 one of the other species ; but, subsequently, other specimens^ 

 presenting almost exactly the same characters, have been 

 received from Somali-land, and it seems probable that all the 

 zebras which we know to exist in the northern districts of East 

 Africa belong to this species." 



And writing in ^' Mammals Living and Extinct/' the same- 

 author states that *' In many of its characters it resembles 

 E. zebra, but the stripes are much finer and more numerous 

 than in the typical examples of that species, and it has a 

 strong black and isolated dorsal stripe/^ 



The publication of the account of Grevy's zebra in the 

 Field elicited the following letter, containing interesting 

 particulars respecting the distribution and habits of the 

 animal, from Capt. H. G. C. Swayne, which was dated 

 Aden, July 20th, 1893 : 



" While returning from an expedition in Northern Somali-land^ 

 I received the interesting notes on ' Wild Horses, Asses, and 

 Zebras,' in which remarks were made concerning the new zebra, 

 Equus grevyi. Most of the skins which have hitherto reached 

 the Somali coast have been brought down by natives, and as I 

 believe these zebras have been shot now for almost the first time 

 by Europeans, a note on their habits may be of interest. 



