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course not altered. Sparrman says in his narrative that the 

 colours of this foetus were ' fresher/ i. e. brighter, than in full- 

 grown animals of the same kind." The exact locality is not 

 mentioned, but Sparrman relates that he saw the first quagga at 

 Swellendam, and in this connection he mentions this foetus, 

 although he says only that he brought it home " from the Cape." 



VI. The Wiesbaden spacimen (text-fig. 162) was bought in 

 1865 from Frank, the Amsterdam dealer, for one hundred florins. 

 It is a male. The provenance is simply " South Africa." 



Text-fig. 162. 



The Wiesbaden Quagga (male), 1865. 



This information and the photograph X owe to the kindness of 

 Dr. Lampe, Gustos of the Wiesbaden Museum. 



VII, The British Museum specimen (text-fig. 163). Mr. Ly- 

 dekker (' Guide to the Specimens of the Horse Family (Equidfe),' 

 p. 34), writes : — " The species is represented in the collection by 

 the mounted skin and the skeleton of a male formerly living in 

 the Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park. That animal, which was 

 one of the last survivors of the species, was pi-esented to the 



