MAMMALIA. 2?9 



Mule of a male Maltese Ass and a Zebra, Knowsley Menag. 

 t. 57. f. 2. 



The body and legs are striped ; the stripes on the head and 

 body are narrow, except the shoulder-cross, which is very distinct 

 and forked; the rump is covered with small spots. 



Ribbon-legged Ass (Asinus vulgaris, var. fasciata), Gray, Zool. 

 Journ. i. 245. 

 a. Adult. Bred at Windsor Park. 



4. Mule between a male Ass and Zebra. 



Grey indistinct cross, and a few narrow dark stripes on the 

 shoulders and fore legs ; tail elongate, end tufted, upper part 

 slightly banded ; ears moderate. 



Metis femelle d'Ane et de Zebra, F. Cuvier, Mamm. Lith. t. 9 . 



This is very different from the Mule with the Maltese Ass. It 

 has scarcely any stripes. 



5. Mule between a male ? Burchell's Zebra and a common Ass, 

 Knowsley Menag. t. 58. f. 1. 



Grey, with very indistinct bands on the front of the back ; a 

 more distinct, short, narrow cross-band, divided into three below, 

 and with some black cross-bands on the outside of the legs. 



a. Adult. Used to draw in a tandem. Bred in the Zoological 

 Gardens. 



6. Mule between a male domestic Ass and an Hemione, Knowsley 

 Menag. t. 58. f. 2. 



It is very like the mother, but has a distinct black cross-band 

 and some indistinct cross-bands on the outside of the hocks and 

 knees. 



This animal is now living in the Gardens of the Zoological 

 Society. It changes its colour and becomes greyer in winter, 

 like its female parent. I have seen another example of this 

 Mule, exactly like the one here described. 



7. Mule between an Hemione and a Burchell's Zebra, Knowsley 

 Menag. t. 59. f. 1. 



Reddish grey; head, neck and front part of the body with 

 very narrow, rather darker streaks. 



8. The Hybrid Ass and Zebra, H. Smith, Equida, 343. t. 28; 

 Mus. Paris, from F. Cuvier. 



Quagga Mule, H. Smith, Equidce, 343. t. 29. 



