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far north as Luke Zvvai in Abyssinia. In the West it reaches the 

 eastern shores of Lake Rudolf, and in the East penetrates into 

 Somaliland. The Somaliland Grrevy Zebra has been described as a 

 distinct race by Pocock * on account of the rather paler coloration. 



425-426 19.7.15.505-506. 1912. Northern Guaso Nyiro, Kenya 

 Colony. 



CUNINGHAME'S ZEBRA. 



EQirUS QUAGGA CUNINOHAMEI. 



Equus quagga cuninghamei, Heller, Smithson. Misc. Collect, vol. Ixi. 

 no. 22, p. 3, 1914. 



Distinguished from grevyi by its smaller head and less 

 elongated skull. Ears smaller and narrower. Dark stripes on 

 body wider than light ones ; the stripes on rump diagonal, not 

 transverse. The general ground colour is darker than in the 

 following race, ochraceous buff rather than cream coloured, and 

 the dark stripes are a trifle paler. 



Typical locality, Northern Guaso Nyiro Valley, Kenya Colony, 

 ranging from the north bank of the Tana River northwards across 

 the Northern Gruaso Nyiro towards Lake Rudolf. 



427-428 19.7.15.507-508. 1912. Northern Guaso Nyiro, Kenya 

 Colony. 



MASAI ZEBRA. 



EQUUS QUAGGA GRAXTI. 



Equus burchelli granti, de Winton, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, vol. xvii. 



p. 319, 1896. 

 Equus quagga granti, Pocock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, vol. x. p. 306, 



1902 ; vol. xiv. p. 315, 1904. 



Closely related to cuninghamei, differing in the general ground 

 colour being whiter and the dark stripes darker. 



Typical locality, Thika-Thika Valley, upper Tana Valley, 

 Kenva Colony ; range from Southern Abyssinia southwards through 



* Equus grevyi berberensis, Pocock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, vol. x. 

 p. 308, 1902, 



