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ON BURCIIELL S ZEBRA. 



ventral stripe. The dorsal stripe is a very narrow black line, and' 

 there is a distinct gridiron pattern on the back. The legs ai'e 

 very slightly striped below the knees and hocks, and there are only 

 a few black hairs on the pasterns. 



In the case of the mare (text-fig. 104), while there is a well- 

 marked ventral and a wide dorsal stripe, and complete union 

 between the former and the barrel stripes, there is an entire- 

 absence of any black markings from all the pasterns, and from 

 the fore leafs below the knees. 



Text-fio-. IOC. 



Burchell's Zebra, S ; tlie same animal as that shown in text-fig. 103, 

 photographed just after death. 



In the foal again (text-fig. 105), while the legs all bear faint 

 indications only of stripes, the pasterns are all quite black, and 

 there is some indication of a gi'idiron pattern on the back. 



In none of the specimens is there the smallest indication of 

 any shadow striping on the neck. It will be noticed also that in 

 the yoiTuger stallion and the mare (text-figs. 102 & 104) the- 

 frontal stripes on the face run sti-aight from forehead to nose,, 

 while in the older stallion (text-fig. 103) (and to some extent in 

 the foal (text-fig. 105), though it does not show up well in the 

 figure) the frontal stripes tend to form concentric rings. 



