688 MR. J. L. SCLATER OTf A SPECIES OF ZEBRA. [iCoV. 19, 



he met with this species at Dambool ia 1892, and has since 

 secured several examples of both sexes, and considers it to be a 

 permanent resident in some parts of the island." 



Mr. Sclater gave a short account of the principal animals he 

 had noticed in the Jardin d'Acclimatatiou and Jardia des Plantes 

 at Paris during a recent visit. 



The Jardin d'Acclimatatiou contained a fine herd of Cervus 

 davidianus, males, females, and young, six in all. The larger 

 Antelopes represented there were the iSing-sing (Oobus unctuosus), 

 of which there were a male, two females, and a young one ; 

 White-tailed G-nus (OonnocJicetes gnu), also breeding ; and Bubals 

 (Bubalis huselaplms), of which a pair were accompanied by a 

 young one, born 15th June, 1891 ; besides Elands, Beisas, and 

 Leucoryxes. The single Giraffe was a fine large male, bora in 

 the Q-ardens 13 years ago. An old female African Elephant 

 (22 years in the Grardens) was employed in canying children, 

 besides which there were several young Indian Elephants. There 

 was a single Mountain Zebra {Equus zebra). 



Specimens of the following birds were in the collection : — 

 Pleroglossus inscripius, Rallus rytirhi/nchus, Bucorax abyssinicus, 

 Trichoglossus ornatus, Tinamus tataapa, and Orti/x pjectoralis. 



Tlie colony of Penguins {Spheniscus demersus) ' consisted of six 

 or seven pairs, several of which were nesting. 



In the Jardin des Plantes there w as a male African Elephant, 

 now about 16 years in the Garden, a female Hippopotamus, 

 received as a present from Halim Pasha in 1875, a female 

 Equus zebra, and a female Cervus maral, which had bred with a 

 Eed Deer. Among the Antelopes were several examples of the 

 Bubal {Bubalis buselaphus) from Eastern Algeria, on the frontiers 

 of Marocco, and a fine young male Kob {Cobus hob) from the 

 Gambia, which was a rare species in captivity. The herd of 

 Pleasant Antelopes {Tragelaplms gratus) — cf. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 34, 

 pi. viii. — now consisted of two females and an adult and young 

 male. 



Mr. Sclater read the following extracts from a letter addressed 

 to him by Mr. E. Orawshav, dated Deep Bav, Lake Nyasa, British 

 Central Africa, April 25, 1895 :— 



" Shortly after writing to you in January last 1 made a jom-ney 

 into the Henga country, three days S.W. of this, and procured the 

 specimen that I promised to get you of the Zebra of these parts. 



" It is a male, very aged I should say, and a good specimen. 

 I have preserved it as carefully as circumstances would permit in 

 the rains, and in a wet country like Henga. It is complete — hide, 

 leg-bones, hoof, and skull. It appears to me to be neither of the 

 two Zebras, Equus zebra nor E. bwchelli, but a combination of the 

 two, most resembling the variety of Burchell's known as E. cliap- 

 mani. In colour it does resemble E. zebra, the stripes are 



' Cf. P. Z. S. 1891, p. 326. 



