Species and Subspecies of Zebras. 39 
striped, but the shoulder is practically unstriped. Along the 
sides of the spinal stripe dark brown patches representing the 
dorsal extremities of the flank-stripes are traceable as far as 
the rump; but the posterior part of the flanks is very indis- 
tinctly banded, presenting a mottled appearance. It is 
evident, however, that towards the quarters the stripes were 
arranged in an obliquely longitudinal direction. It may be 
added that the specimen under notice is certainly faded; but, 
taking these facts into consideration, there is no doubt that 
it was originally very different from the example seen by 
Edwards. 
The figure of this species published by Gray in the 
‘Knowsley Menagerie,’ from which those given by Noack ° 
(Zool. Garten, xxxiv. p. 290) have been adapted, show the 
backward extension of the stripes as far as the quarters 
and their breaking up into spots, as in the type; whereas 
in the coloured drawing of the species in Harris’s ‘Game 
Animals of South Africa,’ as well as in Hamilton Smith’s 
volume on the horse, the dark stripes, though black and well 
defined over the head and neck, scarcely extend past the 
withers. According to Matschie, too (Zool. Garten, xxxv. 
p- 38), the ground-colour, possibly from exposure to light, 
varies from dark brown to a much paler tint. 
It is sometimes stated that the tail of the quagga is more 
thickly hairy than in the other zebras, and approaches that of 
domestic horses. No evidence of this fact, however, is 
supplied by Edwards’s figure nor by the specimen in the 
British Museum, nor by the specimen of which there is a 
photogravure in Sir William Flower’s book on the horse 
(see p. 90). It is noticeable, however, that in the Museum 
example the hair on the fetlocks is longer than in any zebra 
that 1 have seen. 
This species was formerly abundant on the flats of Cape 
Colony to the south of the Orange River. 
(3) Equus Burchelli (Gray). 
Asinus Burchell, J. H. Gray, Zool. Journ. i. p. 247, pl. iv. (1825). 
Equus zebroides, Lesson, Manuel de Mammalogie, p. 3846 (1827). 
Equus festivus, Wagner, in Schreber’s Saugethiere, vi. p. 216, 
pl. ceexvii. B, (1834). 
Hippotigris campestris, H. Smith, Jardine’s Naturalist’s Library, 
Horses, p. 329 (1841). 
The above synonymy needs no justification, seeing that 
the three names zebrordes, festivus, and campestris were pro- 
posed by their authors to replace the older name Burchelli, 
apparently for no better reason than the imaginary inappro- 
priateness of the latter title. 
