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to iv. It may be recognized on v. 

 and vi, and on the photo (xi.), as 

 also the bands on the quarters, 

 but they are not seen in fig. x., 

 which represents the same indi- 

 vidvial. 



This reminds one of Equus 

 burchelli. 



together a kind of saddle, as is the 

 case in all striped horses of the 

 burchelli- gronip. The fifth band 

 takes an oblique direction throvigh- 

 out, running as well as the sixth 

 over the haunches, both becoming 

 gradually narrower at their upper 

 ends, and not quite reaching the 

 dorsal band. 



A seventh, somewhat narrower 

 but still distinct, although twice 

 interrupted, stripe takes a direc- 

 tion from the groin and goes over 

 the haunches to the root of the tail 

 without reaching it. Between the 

 6th and 7th stripe is an indistinct 

 short band. Three or four other 

 oblique and gradually fading stripes 

 are observable on the back of the 

 haunches. 



On comparing the stripes and bands of our Quagga with the 

 pictures of the other Quaggas and with the various forms of the 

 Zebras of the Burchell-group, there seems to me no question 

 that the Quaggas belong to that group. I also have the impression 

 that, in spite of the variability of the marking, the examination 

 of sufficient material would result in ascertaining the existence 

 of homologous stripes in the group above mentioned. From a 

 further careful comparison of all the difierent figures, and 

 especially of the original picture of Edwards, with the stufied 

 specimens, or at least with photos of them, we could perhaps 

 obtain sufficient answers to the following questions : — 



(1) Is the Vienna Quagga specifically the same as Edwards's 

 Quagga ? 



(2) Can other so-called Quaggas (as, for instance, those of the 

 British Museum and of the Tring Museum) be identified with 

 Edwards's Quagga, notwithstanding the differences pointed out 

 so exactly by Mr. Pocock ? (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, xx. 

 p. 37). 



(3) Can the Vienna Quagga be identified with the Quaggas of 

 London and Tring ? 



To these questions I would only reply provisionally that the 

 differences between Edwards's picture and the Vienna, London, 

 Tring, and other specimens are certainly more essential than the 

 differences between the Vienna Quagga on one side and the 

 London, Tring, and other Quaggas on the other. Edwards's 

 Quagga, as already remarked, much resembles Equus burchelli in 

 some respects — e. g., in the black stripes, well defined on the head 

 and extremely narrow on the neck, and in the tufted tail. 



As to the Vienna specimen, it is possible that its characters 



