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GREAT GAME ANIMALS. 



feature being the presence of transverse bars connecting the back- 

 stripe with the oblique stripes on the hind-quarters. A Zebra 

 from N.E. Rhodesia has been named E. annectans. The exhi- 

 bited specimen of the Quagga is the one presented in 1858 by 



Fig. 4. 



Head of GreVy's Zebra (JEquus grevyi). 



Sir George Grey to the London Zoological Gardens, where it lived 

 for many years. 



[Lower African ^ r0U P °^ ^ e ^quida is represented by the 



Mammal Asses Wild Asses of North Africa and their domesticated 



CasefS)*] " descendants, all of which are included under the 



designation of Equus asinus (1014 & 1015). The very long and 

 pointed ears, the prevailing bluish grey colour, with a stripe on the 

 back and shoulders, or bars on the legs (or both combined), the small 

 hoofs, and the smooth, terminally-tufted tail are the distinctive 

 features of this species, of which there are two wild races. The 



