28p ASSES. 



and on the upper parts of the neck, shoulders, back, and 

 quarters ; and more or less white on the muzzle and under 

 part of the neck, chest, and belly, and on the legs. Some- 

 times the colouring is so faint that the animal's coat looks 

 almost of a silver white. It has not, or only to a slight 

 extent in exceptional cases, the cross stripe on the shoulders 

 There is a broad stripe, about five inches wide at the croup, 

 down the back, nearly similar to that of the Burchell zebra 

 {Fig. 367). Adults are from twelve to thirteen hands high 

 at the withers. Its ears are not quite as long as those of 

 the Abyssinian wild ass. It is handsome, very fast, and 

 extremely difficult of approach. 



The Kiang {Eqtms hemionus, Fig. 384) is the wild ass 

 of Thibet and Tartary. It seems to be identical with the 

 onager, except that it is different in colour, more heavily 

 built, on shorter legs, and that the stripe down the back is 

 narrower. The colour of the kiang is a rather light brown, 

 which is darker and redder than the light mouse colour of 

 the onager; but is not red enough to be termed a bay. 

 This ass is about thirteen hands high. It is far less wary 

 than the onager, and consequently falls a ready prey to 

 the cockney sportsmen who invade its domains in the high 

 table-lands of Thibet 



The Mountain Zebra {Eqtms zebra, Fig 257) has a 

 more tufted tail, a scantier mane, longer ears, and a larger 

 head for its size than the Burchell zebra. As far as my 

 experience goes, it has a thicker neck, and its legs, especially 

 as regards the back tendons and suspensory ligaments, are 

 not as well suited to civilized requirements as those of the 

 Burchell zebra. The male, at least, appears to have a 

 rudimentary dewlap. Its stripes are black or dark brown, 

 on a white ground. The most distinctive difference between 

 the arrangement of its stripes and those of the Burchell 

 zebra, is the existence of a number of transverse stripes, 

 which run across the top of its croup and across its tail. 

 In some instances, this zebra is white on the underneath 



