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PROF. J. C. EWART ON EAST-AFRICAN ZEBRAS. [ISToV. 15^ 



tail, and hoofs, and in having the stripes over the rump arranged 

 to form the so-called gridiron pattern (text-fig. 36). 



It difiers from the Mountain Zebra in having a broad dorsal 

 band (31 inches wide as it crosses the croup), all the hairs of 

 which are dii'ected backwards — in the Mountain Zebra the dorsal 

 band midway between the withers and the croup is repi'esented 

 by a mere line, while from the cioup to the mane the hair is. 

 directed foi'wards, i. e. the whorl usually at the end of the mane 

 in the Equida? is on a level with the croup. The Mountain Zebra 

 differs also from Ward's Zebra (1) in having a dew-lap, (2) in 

 having decidedly lai'gei- front chestnuts, (3) in having a larger 

 number of stripes I'unning at right angles to the dorsal band, 

 (4) in having the legs more intensely striped, and (5) in the 

 ground-colour being neai'ly white ; in Ward's Zebra, with the 

 exception of the inner surface of the limbs and undei- surface of 

 the body, whei-e white prevails, the ground-colour is of a rich 

 cream tint. 



Text-fia-. 36. 



Ward's Zebra, to she 



Photo liv G. A. Tv.avt. 

 rridirou" and broad dorsal band. 



In Ward's Zebra the stripes, except in the vicinity of the 

 muzzle, are of a dark brown colour, the muzzle and the nostril- 

 patches are darker than in the Mountain Zebra, and the stripes 

 above the nostril-patches are of a pale brown hue. The face is 



