66 POPULAR OFFICIAL GUIDE. 
Chapman Zebra, (Equus burchelli chapmani), also belongs 
to the Burchell group, and in its color pattern it approaches 
quite nearly to the type. The legs of the male bear a few 
stripes, those of the female almost none. There are visible on 
the hind-quarters of the female a few faint shadow-stripes. 
The Persian Wild Ass, (Equus persicus), is a very satis- 
factory representative of the wild asses generally. Its dor- 
sal-stripe is very wide and sharply defined, but it bears no 
shoulder-stripe, and those that are faintly indicated on its 
legs are nothing more than oblong blotches of dark color. 
As its name implies, it inhabits Persia, and Syria, and a 
closely related form, the Onager, (E. onager), is found in 
Beluchistan and western India. A third species, the Kiang 
(E. hemionus), is found on the plains of Tibet. 
THE ASIATIC AND EUROPEAN DEER, Nos. 1-3. 
In representatives of the deer, (Family Cervidac), Asia 
far surpasses all other countries. Her species number about 
38,—fully double that of any other continental area,—and 
from the great Altai wapiti to the tiny musk deer, the varia- 
tions in size and form are fairly bewildering. The entire 
hill that rises between the Fordham Entrance and Bird 
Valley, from Cope Lake to the Zebra Houses, is devoted 
to the series of houses, corrals and ranges that are occupied 
by the deer of Asia and Europe. 
It is quite certain that a number of desirable species of 
Asiatic deer can successfully be acclimatized in the parks 
and game preserves of America, and induced to breed. Al- 
most without an exception they are strong and vigorous 
feeders, and they keep fat and sleek when our own black- 
tail, mule deer and white-tail mince like pampered epicures, 
grow thinner and thinner, and finally die of ‘‘ malnutrition.” 
Believing that the members of the group amply justify 
the effort, the Zoological Society has been at considerable 
pains to bring together a fine, representative collection of 
the Old World Cervidae and properly install its members. 
Although the series proposed is not quite complete, it con- 
tains such rarities as the Altai Wapiti, Barasingha, Burmese 
Thameng, Malay and Indian Sambar, and several others. 
