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Show 1895.] MR. P. L. SCLATER ON A SPECIES OP ZEBRA. 689 absolutely black and white throughout, except on the curly tuft of yellowish-brown hair at the back of the fetlock, the few brown markings clotted about the rest of the tail, the reddish-brown about the lower part of the face, the yellowish-white ring round the coronet reaching to the hoof. The legs are marked like those of E. chapmani, that is, they are striped almost, if not quite, down to the feet, though nearly black from the fetlock to the yellowish-white ring round the coronet. The Henga animal comes near Burchell's Zebra in height : in other respects I see no resemblance between the two, except, perhaps, in the beginning of the stripes on the back and flanks. " In m y specimen some of the broader black stripes-notably the one down the centre of the belly-are divided into two by a thin white streak. " The following are some measurements of the specimen taken immediately after death:- Height at withers 5 4 | inches. Length over all, upper lip to end of tail (not tail-hairs) 1081 inches ; tail 15-g-; tail-hairs 15|. " I don't know that there is anything special to tell you about the Zebra of Henga as compared with other Zebras. Their habits are pretty much the same. They go about in troops of from four or five to eight or ten, more usually five, which are closely located to one another, but have each their own paths, feeding-grounds, and drinking-places. These troops generally amalgamate in tbe dry season, probably for protection against surprise by Lions. I remarked one troop in November, 1893, which I think could not have numbered less than 60 or 70, though this is nothing to what one has seen in the Mweru country, where they go on the Mofwi plains in troops of some 200 or so. Frequently the Zebras of Henga remain out in the sun on the plains all day long, not retiring into covert at all. They are then an intolerable nuisance to anyone in pursuit of other g a m e- indeed, this may be said of them at all times. If once they notice you they draw in and mob you in their curiosity-only, however, when one takes no interest in them, for when they fancy they are the object of the intruder's attention no animals are more watchful and cunning in safe-guarding themselves. If only this curiosity were manifested in silence, it would not so much matter, but it vents itself in snorts and thundering stampedes, which puts every beast within ear-shot on the qui vive. " Henga is a portion of the Loangwa Valley, about 3300 feet, on the mean, above sea-level. It is fairly healthy, and you can do your shooting and collecting there in comparative comfort, in a climate which is cool after the stifling heat of the Lake-shore and the land below the plateau. M y Zebra was shot here on 31st January, 1895, close to Ngunga, a respectable stream flowing into the Loangwa from the hills bordering ftkamanga to the westward." Mr. Sclater exhibited the skin in question, which he proposed to present in Mr. Crawshay's name to the British Museum, and remarked that he regretted that he could not agree with Mr. Crawshay's views as to the specimen being referable to a new |