PLATE V. 
EQUUS BURCHELLITI—BURCHELL’S ZEBRA. 
Bonte Quagga of the Cape Colonists. Peetsey of the Matabili and Bechuana. 
GENERIC CHARACTER.—Male measures four feet six inches high at the shoulder, and eight feet six inches from the nose to 
the point of the tail. Figure sturdy, but graceful. Carcase round. Limbs clean and muscular, rather less robust than those of the 
Quagga. Crest remarkably arched, and surmounted by a standing mane, hogged, five inches high, and banded black and white alter- 
nately. Ears and tail equine; the latter thirty-five inches long, white and flowing; muzzle black. Coat short and glossy, general 
ground colour of the head, neck, and body lively sienna, capriciously, but harmoniously banded with black and deep brown transverse 
stripes, imparting a brilliant effect, and arranged singly and doubly so as to form various figures, all unconnected with the dorsal line 
which widens over the croup. Belly and legs pure white. Obscure traces of black transverse markings on the arm. Bare spots above 
the knees on the inside. 
Female similar. Has an udder with four mamme. Inhabits the plain country beyond the Gareep or Orange pet, in immense 
herds, but is never found to the Southward of that stream. 
