60 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
moving through long grass, where other enemies might lie con- 
cealed. Remus, on the other hand, when two days old, allowed 
a yellow collie to lie down within six inches of his muzzle, and 
only got up as a Dalmatian approached when a warning note was 
uttered by his watchful parent. When the four hybrids and two 
pure-bred foals were eventually weaned, Remus seemed to mind 
very little. While one of the hybrids and a half Arab foal were 
biting and kicking and rushing about as if demented, Remus 
simply stood looking over the fence. But by-and-by, when the 
others settled down, he set to walking backwards and forwards 
behind the wall of his court, exactly like his Zebra sire, and 
though he still keeps this up as if he were a caged Lion, none of 
the others have followed his example. When Romulus was 
weaned, he for some days rushed about, as much as a Zebra 
when highly excited, as his sire when upset by the beating of 
carpets. Recently it was necessary to give the hybrids milk 
containing thymol. The pure-bred foals offered but little re- © 
sistance, but all the hybrids fought till they were exhausted, and 
nothing would persuade Remus to swallow the first dose. 
As might have been expected, Biddy’s foal is much lighter in 
colour than Mulatto’s. With the exception of the muzzle and 
the lower part of the legs, the body colour is a rich light bay; 
the muzzle and legs were, at birth, more of a mealy colour, but 
are now of a bay colour. The bands are much lighter, and 
consequently less distinct than in Romulus. As a rule they are 
of a dark reddish brown hue, being especially evident on the 
brow, the forearms, and above and below the hocks. The plan 
of the striping is the same as in Romulus; but even at birth 
several of the rows of spots across the croup had already united 
to form narrow bands. The face, measured from the occipital 
crest to a line connecting the upper margins of the nostrils, 
was slightly longer than in Romulus; but the ears were the same 
length—six inches. 
Sometimes when a Horse utters a warning call all the 
members of the herd hurriedly collect together and rush about 
in an excited manner. It seems to be of the utmost importance 
for wild Equide to at once make out the direction of any given 
sound. Probably the longer the ears the quicker this is accom- 
plished. If the length of the ears, as is most probable, counts 
