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Mules or Hybrids of the different species of Horses. 
1. The Common Mule, tbe hybrid between the Ass and the Mare. 
Mules, Rail Quad. 64. — Equus asinus Mulus, Gmelin. — Equus Miilus, Schreb. t. 214. — Mule, Pennant. — 
Grand Mulet, BufFon, H. N. iv. t. 12. — Maulthier, Bechstein. 
2. The HiNNY, tbe hybrid between the Horse and the She-Ass. -f-' 
Hinnus, Arist. H. A. i. c. 7. — Equus asinus Hinnus, Gmelin. — Equus Hinnus, Schreb. t. 215. — Petit Mulet, 
Buffon, H. N. iv. t. 13— Maulesel, Bechst. 
3. Mule of a male Hemione and a female Zebra. Tab. LVII. fig. 1. 
The shoulders and legs are banded. 
The specimen is now preserved in the Collection of the British Museum. It was bred at Knowsley. 
4. Mule of a male Maltese Ass and a Zebra. Tab. LVIT. fig. 2. 
The bodv and legs are striped ; the stripes on the head and body are narrow, except the shoulder 
cross, which is very distinct and forked ; the rump is covered with small spots. 
Ribbon-legged Ass (^Asinus vulgaris, Ya,v. fasciata^, Gray, Zool. Journ. i. 245. 
The skin of this animal is also preserved in the British Museum Collection. It was bred at Windsor 
Park. 
5. Mule between a male Ass and a Zebra. 
Grey indistinct cross, and a few narrow dark stripes on the shoulders and fore-legs ; tail elongate, 
, end tufted, upper part slightly banded ; ears moderate. 
MHis femelle d'Ane et de Zebra, F. Cuvier, Mamm. Lith. t. ? . 
This is very different from the Mule with the Maltese Ass. It has scarcely any stripes. 
6. Mule between a male? BurcheWs Zebra and a common Ass. Tab. LVIII. fig. I. 
Grey, with very indistinct bands on the front of the back ; a more distinct, short, narrow cross-band, 
divided into three below, and with some black cross-bands on the outside of the legs. 
This animal was used to draw in a tandem. The skin is now in the British Museum. 
7. Mule between a male common Ass and an Hemione. Tab. LVIII. fig. 2. 
It is very like the mother, but has a distinct black cross-band and some indistinct cross-baiids on 
the outside of the hocks and knees. 
This animal is now living in the Gardens of the Zoological Society. It changes its colour and becomes 
greyer in winter, like its female parent. I have seen another example of this Mule, exactly like the one 
here described. 
8. Mule between an Hemione and a BurcheWs Zebra. Tab. LIX. fig. I. 
Reddish grey ; head, neck and front part of the body with very narrow rather darker streaks. 
Double Mules. 
9. The offspring of a Mule (the produce of a male Ass and a Zebra) with a bay mare Pony. Tab. LIX. fig. 2. 
Iron-grey ; with a short narrow cross-band on withers, very faint indications of stripes on the sides, 
and more distinct dark stripes on outsides of the hocks and knees ; tail bushy from the base, like 
a Horse ; head heavy ; mane brown and grey. 
This animal is used to draw a small cart. It stands 8 hands high. 
" Common Zebra. — Of this species I have for some years possessed a female, whom, as she was often 
in use, and I possessed then no male of her own kind, I allowed to pair with a male Dshikketei, who had 
previously copulated with a female of the Burchelis Zebra. Each of the mares produced by him a female 
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