burchell's zebra 



133 



above ; shadow stripes distinct only on the quarters ; 

 fetlocks and pasterns plain. 



Hippotigris burchelU chapmanni : Barrel stripes as 

 above ; shadow stripes on quarters faint and narrow ; 

 stripes on lower part of legs indistinct ; pastern not 

 altogether black. 



Fig. 57. — Burchell's Zebras from Zululand. 



Hippotigris burchelli selousi :■ Barrel stripes as above ; 

 shadow stripes as in chapmanni; legs strongly striped 

 to the hoofs ; fetlocks and pasterns quite black. 



The writer has had the opportunity of studying some 

 hundreds of Zebras during the ten years he has been 

 connected with the Pretoria Zoological Gardens, and 

 can safely say that in his opinion the above series of sub- 

 species is quite wrong. We have, for instance, at present 

 in the collection two Zebras from Bechuanaland (Lake 



