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AFRICAN GAME ANIMALS 
The occurrence of the quagga zebra in the Northern 
Guaso Nyiro district has been reported by nearly every 
traveller who has visited the district, and the association of 
the quagga and the Grevy together in the same herds has 
often been commented upon. It is, however, not alone in 
this region that such association occurs, for the two types 
of zebra continue together northward over the desert area 
to their northern limits in Abyssinia. The quagga zebra 
inhabiting the Northern Guaso Nyiro district may be dis¬ 
tinguished by lighter coloration and smaller body size from 
the highland quagga of East Africa and Uganda and has 
recently been named for R. J. Cuninghame, the well-known 
safari leader of British East Africa. 
The race is distinguishable from granti by its darker 
ground-color as represented by the light stripes which are 
pale ochraceous-buff and the lighter color of its dark stripes 
which are bistre-brown instead of black. The skull differs 
from that of granti by the shortness of the rostral portion 
and the narrowness of the diastema between the cheek¬ 
teeth and the incisors. The skull averages smaller in length 
with narrower palatal width and wider lambdoidal crest 
than in granti. From bohmi, of the Kilimanjaro district, it 
differs in color the same way as from granti, but is further 
distinguishable by its much smaller body size. 
The ground-color as represented by the light stripes is 
pale ochraceous-buff and shows considerable contrast to the 
white belly and inner surface of the hind quarters. The 
dark stripes are uniform bistre-brown on the body but 
darker somewhat on the head, where they become seal- 
brown in conformity with the seal-brown nose patch. The 
legs below the knees and hocks are marked by lighter stripes 
than the body, being snuff-brown and fully striped to the 
hoofs. The tail tuft is black with the exception of the 
mixture of a few white hairs in the upper part. The ears 
are cream-white, marked on the back at the tip by a broad 
area of bistre-brown and another brown area near the base. 
The mane is well developed, the hair having a length of 6 
inches, with an extent from the crown of the head to the 
shoulders, and is striped pale buff and seal-brown in con¬ 
formity with the stripes of the neck. The body stripes 
are arranged quite as in granti or bohmi, but there is no in- 
