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are — 1, the while; 2, the black ; 3, the ( bright ) bay ; 4, the 
cream-colour. 
The COMPOUND Colours comprise four great divisions : — 
1st division. — Coats composed of two separate colours; such 
are the (dark) bay , the brown , and the mouse-colour. 
2 d division. — Coats composed of two colours mixed, either 
through hairs of different colour, or through difference in the 
same hair. These are — the grey ; the flea-bitten grey ; and 
the dun. 
3d division. — Coats composed of three colours, unique in 
kind — the roan. 
4th division. — Coats composed of several colours, one of them, 
the white, invariable. Unique in kind — the piebald. 
The Particularities of Colours form two categories: 
one, the particularity depending upon the colour of the hairs; 
the other, the particularity dependent upon their direction. 
The first category presents several subdivisions : — 
1. The absence of white hair: entire coloured. 
2. Particularities of white hair: diffuse or collected, in patches 
or spots upon the head, upon the limbs, or over the entire body : 
flea-bitten , stars about the head, while-legged, bald-faced, inci- 
dental marks, & c. 
3. Particularities of black hair : black-headed, black-faced, 
mule- streaked, &c. 
4. Particularies of bay hair: dappled, fired, & c. 
5. Particularities of parti-coloured hair : dappled, &c. 
The second category contains only the feather-coated. 
The above, say the Committee, is sufficient to establish the 
identity of the two accounts. 
To take a cursory retrospect into history, to learn the state 
of the knowledge of our forefathers, 
SOLLEYSEL enumerated fourteen colours of coats, adding to 
each its varieties. The colours are — 1. Bay. 2. Black. 3. 
Grey. 4. Piebald. 5. Mouse-coloured. 6. Dun. 7. Roan. 
8. Flea-bitten. 9. Flea-bitten Grey. 10. Chestnut. 11. Brown. 
12. Fawn-colour. 13. White. 14. Porcelain. 
BOURGELAT, whose account is but a re-edition of Solleysel’s, 
nevertheless has displayed the spirit always so eminent in the 
founder of our veterinary schools. He divides the colours into 
simple and compound. 
The Simple are : 1, bay ; 2, white ; 3, black ; 4, chestnut. 
The COMPOUND are : 1, the grey, with all its varieties ; 2, 
the bay, which he supposes always to be attended with black 
mane and tail, and legs; 3, he admits of black and bay roans, &c. 
According to the military course of education, the coats of 
horses are divided into five principal classes : — 
