50 GBEVY'S ZEBRA. 



is merged in tlie transverse stripes in the Somali -land skin. 

 I am free to confess tliat I think the specific distinctions 

 that are made to depend on alterations and locations of 

 colour are extremely unsatisfactory. That the narrowness 

 or broadness of the stripes, or their being more or less 

 numerous, should cause animals to be regarded as being 

 specifically distinct, appears to me to be a fallacious idea. 



