THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 81 



far north as Lake Zwai in Abyssinia. In the West it reaches the 

 eastern shores of Lake Rudolf, and in the East penetrates into 

 Somaliland. The SomaUland Grevy Zebra has been described as a 

 distinct race by Pocock * on accoinit of the rather paler coloration. 



425-426 —19.7.15.505-506. 1912. Northern Guaao Nyiro, Kenya 

 Colony. 



CUNINGHAME'S ZEBRA, 



EqUUS QTTAaGA CTJNINGHAMEI. 



Hquus quagga cunmghamei, Heller, Smithaon. Misc. Collect, vol. 1x1. 

 no. 22, p. 3, 1914. 



Distinguished from grevyi by its smaller head and less 

 elongated skull. Ears smaller and narrower. Dark stripes on 

 body wider than light ones ; the stripes on rump diagonal, not 

 transverse. The general ground colour is darker than in the 

 following race, ochraceous bufi rather than cream coloured, and 

 the dark stripes ai-e a trifle paler. 



Typical locality, Northei'n Guaso Nyiro Valley, Kenya Colonj^ 

 ranging from the north bank of the Tana River northwards aoi-oss 

 the Northern Guaso Nyiro towards Lake Rudolf. 



427-428 —19.7.15.507-508. 1912. Northern Guaso Nyiro, Kenya 

 Colony. 



MASAI ZEBRA. 



Equus quagga geanti. 



Equus burchelli granti, de Winton, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, vol. xvii. 



p. 319, 1896. 

 Equus quagga granti, Pocook, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hiat. aer. 7, vol. a. p. 306, 



1902 ; vol. xiv. p. 315, 1904. 



Closely related to cuninghamei, differing in the general ground 

 colour being whiter and the dark stripes darker. 



Typical locality, Thika-Thika Valley, upper Tana Valley, 

 Kenya Colony ; range from Southern Abyssinia southwards tlft-ough 



* Eqwas grevyi berberemis, Pooock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hiat. ser. 7, vol. x. 

 p. 308, 1902, 



