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PROF. W. EIDGEWAY ON 



[May 11, 



Museum, where it now is along with the rest of the old College 

 Collection. I am indebted to the Director, Dr. Dobbie, F.R.S., 

 and to Mr. G. P. H. Grimshaw for the photograph and information. 



Text-fis. 165. 



The Edinburgh Quagga, 1818. 



X. The Leyden specimen (text-fig. 166) is from a photograph 

 kindly given to me liy my friend Dr. F. A. Jentink, F.M.Z.S., the 

 Director of the Dutch State Museum of Natural History at 

 Leyden. The animal was shot near Steenbergen by Dr. van 

 Horstok on June 15th, 1827. The skeleton of this fine animal 

 (male) is likewise in the Leyden Museum. 



XL The Paris specimen (text-fig. 167) is from a photograph 

 kindly given to me by Dr. Trouessart, the Director of the Paris 

 Natural History Museum, to whom I am also indebted for the 

 following account : — " Le quagga est venu (vivant) lors de la 

 creation de la menagerie du Museum de I'ancienne menagerie du 

 Roi a Versailles en 1793. A cette epoque I'indication ' Cap de 

 Bonne Esperance ' semblait tres sufiisante." Dr. Trouessart has 

 since published the specimen with an illustration in the 'Bulletin'* 

 of the French National Museum. 



* 1906, xii. p. 449. 



