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in his famous ' Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals of 

 Southern Africa.' The s-kull and skeleton of the same individual 

 are also in the National Collection. 



{'2) The Koyal College of Surgeons Museum contains the 

 skulls of the two Quagga stallions once driven by SlieriH'Paikins. 

 I have examined both specimens; they belonged apparently to 

 animals in the prime of life. 



(3) The Tring Museum possesses a beautiful Quagga mare; 

 the markings are particularly distinct. 



(4) The Science and Art Museum at Edinburgh has a stuffed 

 Quagga (sex unknown) amongst its zoological treasures, 



(o) The Yorkshire Pliilosophical Societ3''s Museum (York) 

 contains an equine skeleton alleged to belong to this species. On 

 inquiry, unfortunately, I found that no data were obtainable. 



(G) I have examined an equine skeleton in the Medical 

 Museum of the Owens College, Manchester ; it is said to be that 

 of a true Quagga, an opinion in which I concur, as the skeleton 

 has a squarish diastema and stout nasal bones, unlike the oblong 

 diastema and elongated nasals which I have found to characterise 

 the skull of the "Quagga" of modern hunters, i.e. Burchell's 

 Zebra. 



United States.— 1 am informed that the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences at Philadelphia possesses a roughly cleaned skeleton 

 of Equus quagga, presented by the late Prof. Cope. No data are 

 to hand, unfortunately. 



Continent of Europe.— {1) I have three times examined the 

 stuffed Quagga stallion in the Natural History Museum of the 

 Jardin des Plantes, Paris. It is evidently of great age, and the 

 late Prof. A. Milne-Edwards suggested that it may have been 

 brought home by Perron and Leseur. The taxidermist has 

 provided it with old=fashioned glass eyes, thus giving to an 

 herbivorous animal the circular iris of a cat ! In the same 

 museum-case is preserved the type-specimen of Grevy's Zebra 

 {Equus grevyi). 



(2) The Natural History Museum at Leyden is celebrated for 

 many rarities ; it not only has the priceless treasure of a real 

 mounted Blaauwbok, and also a stuffed White Rhinoceros, but 

 in addition possesses a Quagga stallion, and also the perfect 

 skeleton of the animal ; all these rare specimens, by the kindness 



