56 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
The light-coloured hairs began to drop out from the face and 
neck about the middle of September, and by the end of September 
he looked considerably darker. The yellow and also the dark 
brown hairs continued to fall out, except over the back, all 
through October, and by the middle of November only the 
orange-coloured lining of the ears was left to remind one of the 
rich coat he wore during the earlier weeks of his life. By the 
end of November the new coat was established. The bright 
orange facial bands were replaced by much paler bands, the 
muzzle was nearly brown in colour, the neck and body inter- 
mediate spaces approached a mouse-dun colour, while the lower 
parts of the legs were of a dark brown tint. From the withers 
to near the root of the tail the hair was especially long and thick. 
For a time the hair over the croup and the greater part of the 
rump was so much longer than the hair around the root of the 
tail that it looked as if part of the hind quarters had been 
previously clipped. The new coat consisted of a thick layer of 
woolly hair, from half an inch to nearly two inches in length, and 
of a less complete coat of stronger hairs, many of which were 
nearly three inches in length. Near their roots all the body 
hairs were light in colour, which implies that had the hybrid 
been clipped, there would have been little or no indication of 
stripes left. In the Zebra, on the other hand, the dark pigment 
extends to the roots of the hair, and hence, however short the 
hair may be, the banding is quite evident. Recently the skin 
around the root of Matopo’s tail was injured, with the result that 
the hair, together with some of the epidermis, was shed; but 
even before the points of the new hair could be detected, the 
position of the dark bands was perfectly distinct. The skin of 
the Zebra has been described as uniformly black, even under the 
white bands; but it would be more accurate to say it is of a 
nearly uniform dark grey colour. 
About the middle of March the long hairs began to drop out, 
and by the end of March they came away in handfuls. As the long 
hairs were shed from the body, the long hairs were shed from the 
upper half of the tail, with the result that for a time the tail of 
the hybrid was little better covered than the tail of his sire. By 
the end of May all the long hairs—light and dark—had vanished, 
and early in June the dark and mouse-coloured woolly hairs 
