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DE. L. V. LORENZ ON THE 



[Jan. 14, 



Description of the female Quagga 

 purchased by Ecldon, 1836 (Mus. 

 Yindob.). 



Measurements in centimetres : 

 Total length from upper lip to 



end of tail, without hair . . . 300 

 Length of the face from 



nostrils to the beginning of 



the mane 43 



Length of the mane 76 



From end of mane to root of 



tail 128 



Tail without hair 40 



Tail with hair 80 



Length of ears on the outer 



side 22-5 



Ditto on the inner side 15 



Height at the withers 130 



Height at the croup 139 



Fore leg from the elbow 71 



Hind leg from the heel 52 



Hoofs, length 6*5 & 6 



Circumference of hoofs... 23 & 27 



Coloration : 



Ground - colour of upperside 

 clay- brown on the head, creamy 

 buff on the neck, shoulders, and 

 back, gradually changing to buff 

 on the flanks and thighs. 



Breast, londerparts, Zegfs, and tail 

 white. Tail with elongated hair 

 from the root. Head, neck, hack, 

 and flanks with narrow or broad 

 stripes of yellowish brown passing 

 into chestnut or maroon. Back 

 (havmches) clouded with drab. 

 Mane in the middle dark chestnut, 

 ornamented laterally by tufts of 

 whitish hair, ten on each side. 

 Along the hack in continuation 

 of the mane a dark brown stripe, 

 having a breadth of 3 cm. on 

 the withers, expanding to 12 cm. 

 on the crupper, and growing again 

 narrower towards the tail, on which 

 it extends to a length of 12 cm., 

 terminating with a breadth of 



Remarks on the Description. 



Of all the Quaggas figured as 

 above noted the authors give gene- 

 rally smaller measurements, and 

 the specimens examined by me 

 were all apparently smaller. 



Of the figures above cited only 

 figure iii. comes generally near the 

 colour of ovir specimen, but it is 

 still lighter. Fig. iv. approaches 

 it too, but is darker on the back. 

 In fig. i. the ground-colour is pale 

 chestnut. 



The stuffed specimens seen in 

 other museums resemble in their 

 ground-colour fig. ii. 



The stripes on the head, neck, 

 and body are darker except those 

 of fig. iii. Edwards's Quagga is 

 described as with black stripes. 



In figure x. this band is only to 

 be seen on the croup ; the pectoral 

 region of the spine appears to be 

 quite lighl^ Figure iii. shows no 

 dorsal band. The young Quagga 

 of the Cape Town Museum is said 

 to be also without this band. 



