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GBEVY'S ZEBRA. 



markings, and the white spaces on the forehead and on each 

 side of the dorsal stripe in the northern species. 



" Being anxious to know whether the Berg-zebra of Somali- 

 land, spoken of by Herr Menges ('Zooi. Garten,' 1887, p. 263) 

 as found in the mountains of that country as far north as 

 8° North Latitude, belongs to the E. grevyi, I requested Mr. 

 Hagenbeck to endeavour to obtain for me a skin of this animal. 

 This he has most kindly done through the intervention of Herr 

 Menges." 



SKIN OF EQUTIS GBEVTI FEOM SOMALI-LAND. 



That there is considerable variation in the markings of 

 the species is evident from a comparison of the engraving 

 of this skin with that of the animal received from Shoa. 

 The croup of the latter, which lived for a short time in the 

 Jardin des Plantes, as shown by the engraving, is white, 

 whereas in the Somali skin it is covered closely with small 

 stripes, which bear a distinct relation to those which con- 

 stitute the " gridiron " markings in the true Equus 

 zebra. 



