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sumably Shoa, and this makes the question about the two supposed races rather 
doubtful. 
If there were two races of HE. grevyv they must, of course, have a different 
geographical distribution and »H. g. faurei> should inhabit Southern Abessinia, Shoa 
and the region about Lake Rudolph southwards to Guaso Nyiri according to MaAT- 
SCHIE”S opinion, while the typical £. grevyt should belong to Somaliland. Against 
this speak the facts already recorded that the late King MENELIK has sent as well 
specimens with broad black stripes on the neck (presumably £. g. faurei) as such 
with narrow stripes (the type of HK. grevyi and another similar specimen) to Europe. 
Likewise speaks against the same supposition the fact that a skin sent by MENGES 
to HAGENBECK from Berbera, thus from Somaliland, has broad black stripes on the 
neck (as »H. g. fauwrei»). This can be stated on the figure published by SCLATER in 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1890 p. 413. 
The confusion is stil more increased when one reads in DRAKE BROCKMAN'S 
book >»The Mammals of Somaliland»! about Grevy's Zebra. >»This is a small and 
dark Zebra. The black stripes being broad and very close together give it the 
appearance in the distance of a black pony.» 
The Grévy's Zebras are, of course, the largest in the group. And those which 
I have had the opportunity of seeing, — and they can be counted in many hundreds, 
— never gave the impression of being black. On the contrary when the distance 
was so great that the stripes could not be discerned, the black and white blended 
together into a soft, pale, almost silvery grey. — On the other hand the common East- 
African Zebra (HE. grant») sometimes and in certain shades of light looked quite 
black in a distance, but in other shades of light almost pure white. This was espe- 
cially striking when a little flock was seen together, and some were standing so that 
they looked black and others white, but after a while they changed position and 
then also at the same time colour. The effect of the stripes of these two animals 
is thus considerably different when they are seen at some distance. They were always 
easily seen. In his above quoted book »The Game Animals of Africa» LYDEKKER 
speaks about »two races or subspecies of Grévy's Zebra». 'The Somali race is men- 
tioned under the name ot »E. grevyi berberensis» which has been given by PococrK” 
1902, but has been omitted in TROUESSART's »Catalogus Mammalium, Quinquennale 
Supplementum» 1899—1904. The type is said to be from Duhri, Ogardain and shot 
by Capt. SWAYNE. In this race the stripes are said to be dark brown and the inter- 
spaces washed with ochre-brown and very noticeably darker than the white of the 
belly (PococK 1. ce. p. 308). Such a description appears to suit a young specimen, 
but an animal coloured like that would probably look, darker than a normally colour- 
ed Grévy's Zebra. 
In a description of Equus grevyi PococK writes? — — »this species is quite 
peculiar for the minute size of those bare patches of skin above the knee on 
London 1910. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1902 Ser. 7, Vol. X, p. 308. 
SIFAmn. "ds Mag. Nate Hist. 1897 Ser. 6, VOL AN, p. 48: 
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