44 Mr. R. I. Pocock on the 
legs are at times marked to the fetlocks. It is clear, however, 
that the author may have confounded the two subspecies. 
One other feature mentioned by Chapman may be noticed— 
namely, that on the thighs the stripes are alternately pale 
brown and dark brown (/. ¢. p. 418). 
I have seen no zebra skin that exactly fits this descrip- 
tion, but at the present time there are several specimens 
living in the Zoological Gardens in London that precisely 
coincide with it. The legs are marked to the hoof, though 
not strongly striped thereto; shadow-stripes are visible on 
the quarters, and the muzzle-patches are almost black. 
Lastly, these zebras seem to be identical in all particulars 
with the one living in the Zoological Gardens in Berlin 
which Matschie has figured (Zool. Garten, xxxv. p. 70, 1894) 
to illustrate the distinctive features of the species he has 
named Béhmi. See also fig. 52, p. 95, ‘ Die Siiugethiere Ost- 
Afrikas,’ Berlin, 1895. 
Chapman fell in with the zebra which bears his name in 
the country lying between Damaraland and Matabeleland, 
the animal, according to Layard, being first met with 
200 miles inland of Walvisch Bay, that is to say, in Damara- 
land, where it doubtless encroaches upon the territory of 
E. antiquorum and probably blends with it. 
Subspecies Wahlberg?, nov. 
This subspecies is based upon a stuffed specimen obtained 
in Zululand by Wahlberg, and now exhibited in the Mamma- 
lian Gallery of the Natural History Museum (B.M. no. 
46.6.2.76). 
The stripes are a deep chocolate-brown in colour; those 
on the flanks are wider than the intervening spaces, but on 
the quarters the principal stripes are narrow, being only a 
little wider than the shadow-stripes, which are very distinct 
on this region and are traceable up to the withers. It is also 
noticeable that the first principal stripe below the one that 
runs to the root of the tail is almost as pale as the shadow- 
stripes. On the lower half of the quarters and shoulder the 
stripes begin to die away, becoming gradually thinner and 
more widely spaced, but are stronger on the knees and hocks 
than immediately above and below these joints. They 
extend to a point about halfway between the hocks or knees 
and fetlocks, the fetlocks, pasterns, and inner side of the legs 
being without markings.’ The lower ends of the flank-stripes 
meet the ventral stripe. he tail is laterally spotted, its tuft 
being almost entirely white, with only a few black hairs at 
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