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as in many heavy horses and in the Melbourne strain of thorough- 
breds. Further, in the wild horse the forehead is convex from 
above downwards as well as from side to side, — hence Prjevalsky’s 
horse is sometimes said to be ram-headed. In the hybrid the 
muzzle is fine as in Arabs, the lower lip is decidedly shorter 
than the prominent upper lip, the nostrils are narrow as in 
the Kiang ; and even at birth the forehead was less rounded 
[Darurin- Wilmot. 
Exmoor Pony and lier Hybrid Foal, cel. nine days. 
than is commonly the case in ordinary foals. The ears of the 
hybrid, though relatively shorter and narrower than in the Kiang, 
have, as in the Kiang, incurved dark-tinted tips, and they are 
usually carried erect or slightly inclined towards the middle 
line. In the wild horse the croup is nearly straight and the 
tail is set on high up as in many desert Arabs. In the hybrid the 
croup slopes as in the Kiang and in many ponies, with the result 
that the root of the tail is on a decidedly lower level than the 
highest part of the hind quarters. Further, in the young wild 
