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up to a wounded one, and just touched it with the muzzle of my rifle 

 on the hind quarters, when it threw up its hind feet like lightning and 

 kicked three of the back-sights off my rifle. Whilst feeding undisturbed 

 Burchell's zebras seldom neigh or emit any sound whatever, but should a 

 herd be pursued and one of their number shot, one or two of the survivors 

 will be sure to be heard repeatedly calling for the missing member of the 

 party. 



This call is always kwa-ha-ha, kwa-ha-ha, which, as I have said, has 

 earned for the species the name of kwa-ha (not quagga or kwagger) amongst 

 the Boers of South Africa. 



The bold black and white stripings on the coat of Burchell's zebras, 

 which render them so handsome when viewed at close quarters, are not 

 apparent at any great distance. When standing in shade at a distance of 

 400 yards these zebras look to be of a uniform grayish black colour, hut 

 if the sun is shining on them they appear almost white. 



F. C. Selous. 



Burchell's and Grevy's Zebra {Equus burchelli and Equus grevyi) 



In British East Africa 



Ndorobo Name, Burchell's Zebra, Ngwaitiku ; Grevy's Zebra, Kania 



In East Central Africa we have two totally distinct species of zebra — 

 Equus burchelli and Equus grevyi. 



If you like to distinguish the variety of the former species found in 

 this part of Africa by any other name, such as chapmani, crawshayi, granti? 

 or what not, well and good ; but these are mere local varieties of Burchell's 

 zebra, identical in every respect save as to some trifling detail of colour or 

 markings. 



1 The scientific names antiauorum, chapmani, sclouii, crawshayi, grmti, and bochmi merely indicate 

 local variations of Burchell's zebra, and are therefore not fully discussed.— Ed. 



