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pony differs from my Burchell zebra, in which there a.re 

 only three distinct arches in the corresponding position. 

 When the incomplete arches are "restored" a pattern is 

 formed which is almost intermediate between that of the 

 Amsterdam quagga and the Somali zebra, from within 

 the lowest arch several obscure lineSj such as occur in 



Fig. 36. 



Norwegian Pony, 

 zebra-ass hybrids, can be traced along the face. The 

 stripes doubtless originally ended in or near a mealy-coloured 

 muzzle, such as we find to-day in typical Esmoor ponies 

 and in some Somali zebras. I have seen only two ponies 

 with stripes on the face, and I imagine facial stripes are 



