1883.] ON THE ZEBRA OF THE " SPEKE " ETC. EXPEDITION. 17^ 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XXIV. 



Fig. 1. Ypfhima vara (under surface), p. 145. 



2. Catochrysops hapalina, (J (upper surface), p. 148. 

 3. , 2 (upper and under surface). 



4. Teracolus intermissus (upper and under surface), p. 152. 



5. Keptis etiryniene (upper and under surface), p. 145. 



6. Ixias depalptira, (J (upper and under surface), p. 15-^. 

 7. , $. ^ „ 



8. Hi/panis simplex (upper and under surface), p. 146. 



9. Ncpfis swinhoei (upper and under surface), p. 145. 

 10. Aphnmus bracteatus, ^ (imder surface), p. 147. 

 11. , cJ' (upper surface). 



12. Surendra biplagiata (upper surface), p. 147. 



13. Terias asphodelus, ^ (upper and under surface), p. 151. 



2. Notes on the Zebra met with by the " Speke and Grant" 

 Expedition in Eastern Africa. By Col. J. A. Grant, 

 F.R.S., F.Z.S. 



[Eeeeived March 22, 1883.] 



The question as to what Zebras are met with in various parts of 

 Eastern Africa having been started at a former Meeting by Mr. 

 Sclater's remarks on the so-called Equus grevyi of Shoa, I wish to 

 state that, during our expedition of 1860-63, the late Capt. Speke 

 and I found but one species of Zebra along our route. As regards 

 this animal I am able, through the kindness of Mr. W. Speke, the 

 brother of my late companion, to place before the Meeting the head 

 (see vi'oodcut, p. 176), leg, and tail of one of the Zebras shot during 

 our journey. I have repeatedly examined the Burchell's Zebra living 

 in the Society's Gardens, and found the stripes broad, the general 

 colour more like that of the Wild Donkey of Thibet, the legs to 

 have few or no stripes, and the animal not wellbred-looking ; whereas 

 Speke's Zebra, as seen in its wild state and from the specimen 

 before us, has narrow stripes of black covering every inch of its 

 body, head, and legs down to the hoofs, distinctly marked, as if by a 

 tar-brush on a white sheet ; the muzzle is black (like the photo- 

 graph of E. grevyi). In a sketch made by me in Africa of an old 

 mare which I had shot, the mane stands erect, the tail is barred as 

 far down as the long hairs, which are fuller in this animal than in 

 either the donkey or the mule. This Zebra is not Burchell's Zebra 

 in my opinion. 



I saw this Zebra in herds which varied in numbers from two to 

 nine ; and if I add up all the animals seen on the fifteen occasions of 

 »«y meeting with them, we shall have seventy-five animals. Eight of 

 these I shot ; two were shot by one of our Cape Moiinted Riflemen ; 

 and Speke shot two not included in the above. In all we killed nine 

 horses and three mares, leaving a sufficient stock of sixt\-five ; but 

 if we consider tlie wide range they must occipy, we did not mf>et 



