WILD HORSES. 



small size, dun colour, with short mane, and rounded, obtuse 

 nose " {Sir William Flower). The Russian naturalist, Polia- 

 kof, states that they are mouse-coloured, lighter coloured 

 under the belly than elsewhere, and that their legs are black 

 below the knees and hocks. 



Prejevalsky's Horse, which has been found in Central 

 Asia near Zaisan and in the desert of Dzungaria, is described 

 by Poliakof {sec "Annals of Natural History," 1881, p. 16 

 et seq.) as intermediate between the horse and the ass. Like 

 the former it has castors (chesnuts) on its hind legs as well 

 as on its fore extremities ; and like the latter it has an erect 

 mane and no forelock. It has no stripe down the back. Its 

 tail is bushy, being furnished, like that of the horse, though 

 not to the same extent, with long hairs from the root of the 

 tail. Poliakof states that it is of a dun colour ; has a 

 yellowish tinge on the back ; and is lighter coloured under 

 the belly than elsewhere. It is supposed to be indigenous to 

 Central Asia. 



I may mention that all kinds of wild horses are smaller 

 and inferior to domesticated animals, in every useful particular, 

 except, perhaps, in the quality of their hoofs, and in the 

 soundness of their constitutions. 



