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Mr. F. Holmwood during a residence in East Africa. It has been 

 supposed, from the appearance of these horns, that the animals from which 

 they were obtained were related to Burchell's rhinoceros. The point is 

 still in doubt, but later opinions of hunters and naturalists incline one to 

 the belief that Mr. Holmwood's specimens merely represent the pick of 

 curious and remarkable horns obtained from the ordinary black rhinoceros. 

 Mr. A. H. Neumann, an excellent authority, states in a note on page 54 

 of Elephant Hunting in East Equatorial Africa, " I have a shrewd suspicion 

 that the range of that interesting species (Holmwood's rhinoceros) is 



imited to the bazaars of Zanzibar.' 



H. A. Bryden. 



THE ASSES AND ZEBRAS 

 Family Equid^. Gt7«/j- Equus. 



From other members of the Odd-toed group the horses (under which term 

 are included asses and zebras) differ by the reduction of the toes to a single 

 one in each limb ; this being enclosed in a firm and rounded hoof. They 

 have front teeth in both jaws ; and the grinding -teeth have very tall 

 prismatic crowns, with their hollows completely filled by the substance 

 known as cement. The neck is maned ; the tail, which is long, may be 

 either covered with long hair throughout, or tufted at the end with the 

 same ; and peculiar hard callosities are present on the inner sides of either 

 the fore, or both pairs of limbs. The family is now confined, in a wild 

 state, to the Old World, and may be divided into three groups ; two of 

 these being represented in Africa, to which one is restricted. 



In the asses (sub -genus Asinus) the mane is erect, the upper half 

 of the tail short-haired, and the callosities are confined to the fore 

 limbs ; the ears being long, the head large, the hoofs comparatively 

 narrow, and the coat uniformly coloured, with the exception (at most) of 



