l.'Eairus. 263 



Equus, lAnn. 



Horses, Gray, Knowsley Menag. p. 70 ; Cat. Vhgulat. B. M. p. 267. 



Synopsis of the Genera. 



1. Efttms. Tail covered -witli long hair to the base. The fore and 



hind legs with a wart (seUander) on the inner side. Fur with 

 round pale spots. 



2. AsiKus. Tail with short hairs at the base and long at the end. 



The hind legs without any wart on the inner side. Fur striped. 



1. Eauus. 



Tail covered with long hair to the root. The fur marked, dappled, 

 or coppered with round pale spots, leaving a dark network. The 

 fore and hind legs furnished with hard homy bodies, called warts or 

 chestnuts, on the inner side above the " knees " or " wrists " on the 

 fore legs, and below the hock or heel on the hinder ones. 



Equus, Linn. ; Cfrat/, Zool. Joum. i. p. 261, 1825 ; Knowsley Menag. ; 

 Cat. Ungulata, B. M. p. 263, t. 87. f. 1 Cskull). 



The warts are rarely absent on the hind legs, for it is stated that 

 " the bay mare ' Eaglet ' was without seUanders on the hock-joint." 

 Tamaica Times, 1845, Aug. 26. 



Equus caballus. (The Horse.) B.M. 



Brown, grey, or black, with roundish pale spots. 



Equus ferus, Pallas, Ross.-Adat. i. p. 260 ; Eichw. Faun. Casp. Cauc. 



p. 29. 

 Wilde Pferde, S. O. Omelin, Reise Mussland, i. p. 44, t. 9 (cop. Shaw, 



Zool. t. 414 ; Schreb. t. 109) ; Pallas, JReis. i. p. 211. 

 Takija or Wild Horses, Hanway, Hist. Ca^an Sea, i. p. 349 ; Bell, 



Travels, i. p. 212 ; Smith, JEquidee, p. 146. 



Var. 1. Domestic. 



Equus antiquorum, Oesner, Quad, p, 132. 



Equus caballus, lAnn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 100 ; OmeL S. N. i. p. 209 ; 

 J)esm. Mamm. p. 416 ; J^. Cuvier, Diet. Sei. Nat. viii. p. 455 ; Fis- 

 cher, Syn. Mamm. p. 429 ; Gray, Zool. Joum. i. p. 260 ; Cat. Mamm. 

 B. M. p. 263, t. 37. f. 1 (skuU) ; lAst Mamm. B. M. p. 182 ; Ust 

 Osteol. B. M. p. 70 ; List Hodgson CoU. p. 35 ; Rengger, I. c. p. 331 ; 

 Blainv. Ostiograph. Onguligrades, t. 1. £ 2 (skeleton). 



Equus, Equa, Pliny, H. N. ; Gesner ; Pallas Z. B.-A. i. p. 255. 



Horse, Penn. B. Z. i. 



Generous Horse, Penn.- Quad. 



Cheval, Buf. H. N. iv. p. 174 ; Cuvier, B. A. i. p. 243. 



Pferd, Bedmger. 



Ross, Schrank. 



The Horse, Youatt, The Horse, its History, Breeds, SfO., Ham. Snath, 

 FquidcB, Jardine's Naturalist's Library. 



The Tarpan Wild Horse (piimseval bay stock), H. Smith, Fquidce, 

 p. 160, t. 3. 



The Audalusian Horse, H. Smith, Fquidce, p. 247. 



