86 Great and Small Game of Africa 



The following measurements of burchelli, for which I am indebted to 

 Mr. F. J. Jackson, were taken in the more southerly part of the Pro- 

 tectorate, and seem to show that this zebra runs bigger there than farther 

 north : — 



Height (<J) 4 feet to 4 feet 3^ in. ; (p) 3 feet %\ in. to 4 feet 1 in. 



Mr. Jackson gives the weight (complete) as from about 600 lbs. to 

 near 700 lbs. 



To the south and west the limit of Equtis grevyi appears to be the 

 Tana River from the sea up to where the Mackenzie River enters it 

 from the north, and from there this latter river to its source in the 

 Jambeni Hills ; the boundary seems then to follow that range to Mount 

 Kenia, and thence crosses the Gwaso Nyiro to the Lorogi Mountains, 

 which now become the limit, whence it is continued to the southern end 

 of Lake Rudolph. I am unable to say from personal observation whether 

 this zebra is found west of that lake ; but I do not think that there are 

 any west of the Lorogis at all events. 



All along this portion of the range of Equus grevyi it is overlapped by 

 that of the other species, and the two kinds are found intermingling freely, 

 though never interbreeding, mixed herds of the two species being 

 frequently met with. 



In the opposite (north-easterly) direction the grevyi is found through 

 Somaliland, where it is familiar to European sportsmen and whence the 

 type came. 



The burchelli — in one variety or other — is common all through British 

 East Africa, and I found it still present as far north as the east coast of 

 Lake Rudolph, but cannot say how much farther in that direction or 

 towards the east its range extends. 



In my opinion Grevy's is by far the handsomest of the zebras. A sleek 

 fat mare in particular is a most beautiful animal, with an exquisite golden 

 sheen on its glossy coat : no more lovely creature exists. 



