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iulancl from the forest strip, wliere tliey graze and eat the lolob 

 fruit. About 1 p.m. they begiu to saunter back to the forest" near 

 the river, where tliey stand in tiie shade, find, having about 4 p.m. 

 drunk at one or other of the forest-pools, they graze .about in the 

 forest until sunset, when they return to the open country 2 or 3 

 miles away. 



Northwards from Jonglei no moi'e Cob are met with south of 

 the Balir-el-Zaraf, where, as is m ell known, they are vers'' 

 numei'ous. 



There are no leucotis on the western haiik of the river south 

 of Shambe, lat. 7° 15', and no Uganda, nor Ynughan's Cob on the 

 east bank north of, at most, lat. 5° 15'. Thus, whei'eas the 

 Uganda Cob shaded by perceptible gradients into the rufous 

 white-eared animal found near Kenisa on the west bauk, there is 

 no foi'm intermediate between the true White-eared Cob found 

 o:i the east bank, and the true Uganda Cob found very much 

 farther south on the same bank. As regiirds breeding-season, I 

 saw no young animals during the dry season, and, from the size of 

 the immature animals, am of the opinion they lamb about May 

 or perhaps late April. In the wet season the White-eared Cob 

 disappear from Jonglei and migrate long distances to the east, 

 probably following the course of the khors towards the Abyssinian 

 foothills in common with other game. 



Zebra [JfJqims quagga). 



Two opportunities occurred — one in early July and the other 

 in late February — of inspecting herds a,t very close quarters. No 

 animals possessed Avhat, by any stretch of imagination, could be 

 termed a mane, though a small minority of both sexes had a very 

 slight ridge of hair about an inch long and very thin and raggecl. 

 This appeared about equally the case in young and in old animals — 

 in fact, some of the colts and fillies looked like newly-hogged polo 

 ponies. It seemed a matter of individual variation. On the 

 other hand, a veiy young foal brought to me from another herd, 

 which I did not see, had a long fully developed hog-mane exactly 

 like tha.t seen among the southern types of Zebra. This was 

 from a place 20 miles from where I saw the herd in February, 

 and was in the month of April. 



The herd which I saw in July was in lat. 6^ 10', and that in 

 February was in lat. 7° 15'. 



I do not think the lack of mane can be rightlv attributed to 

 .ssasonalism, for one of the herds was seen well on in the cool wet 

 season and the other in the middle of the hot dry season. In a,ny 

 case, I do not think there is so much as 40° Fahr. difference 

 between the hottest day and the coldest night here all the year 

 through. 



Shadow- stripes seemed entirely a matter of individual variation. 

 Some members of the herd, apparently without special reference 

 to sex or age, had very strongly developed shadow-stripes on the 

 (pmrters, while others showed absolutely no trace of them. Of 



