568 



PROF. W. RIDGEWAY ON 



[May 11, 



Mviseum, in 1906). The specimen was procured by Ecklon in 

 1836 (who had j^urchased for Munich its specimen in 1835). 



IV. The Tring specimen (text-fig. 159). Dr. P. L. Sclater, 

 F.R.S., described and figured this specimen (P. Z. S. 1901, vol. i. 

 p. 166). My illustration is from a photograph given by the 

 Hon. Walter Rothschild, M.P. to Mr. R. I. Pocock, who has 

 kindly allowed me to embody the following notes on this im- 

 portant specimen (pp. 569-70). Dr. Sclater stated that this 



Text-fig. 158. 



The Vienna Quagga (female), 1836. 



specimen was the animal which lived in the London Zoological 

 Gardens from 1851 to 1872. lam also indebted to Mr. Pocock for 

 the facts relating to the history of this specimen and its supposed 

 identity with either the quagga which died in the Regent's Park 

 in 1864 (Sir G. Grey's specimen) or the one which died in 

 1872. The question is fully discussed {infra, pp. 572-5) where I 

 treat of the British Museum specimen and that photographed by 

 Fred. York. 



" The chief points to be noticed about this Quagga are the 

 following. The general colour is practically the same as in the 



