. The Penycuik experiments. Romulus (seven days old), and his dam, Mulatto,in colouring and in the disposition of the stripes, spots,and bands. The body colour was chiefly of a brightgolden yellow, while the stripes and spots were of a richdark brown ; but what was especially remarkable was theindescribable sheen of his coat, the dark bands beingespecially lustrous. A casual glance showed that in theplan of his striping Romulus was utterly unlike his sire. ZEBRA-HORSE HYBRIDS, 31 and when a careful examination was made, it becameevident that in tlie number and arrangement of themarkings lie wa
. The Penycuik experiments. Romulus (seven days old), and his dam, Mulatto,in colouring and in the disposition of the stripes, spots,and bands. The body colour was chiefly of a brightgolden yellow, while the stripes and spots were of a richdark brown ; but what was especially remarkable was theindescribable sheen of his coat, the dark bands beingespecially lustrous. A casual glance showed that in theplan of his striping Romulus was utterly unlike his sire. ZEBRA-HORSE HYBRIDS, 31 and when a careful examination was made, it becameevident that in tlie number and arrangement of themarkings lie was not unlike a Somali zebra. As Fig. 10shows, the brow has been tattooed as if to represent a hugefinger print. Instead of the four or five acutely pointedfrontal arches of his sire, there are fourteen roundedarches, that remind one of the face of the Somali of twelve cervical stripes, as in Matopo, there are inRomulus twenty-four cervical stripes, all of which can be f IG. Romulus: twenty-seven days old. traced into the mane. In having so many cervical stripeshe seems to be more primitive than even the Somali zebra(in which I have never seen more than fourteen cervicalstripes), but closely agrees with one of my zebra mareswhen the shadow stripes are included. The shoulderstripe bifurcates higher up than in Matopo, and there areseven indistinct arches in the triangular space below thepoint of bifurcation. Behind the shoulder stripe there are 32 THE PENYCUIK EXPERIMENTS. nine (Figs, 9 & 11) fairly distinct vertical stripes instead offive, as in his sire (Fig. 7). Apparently corresponding tothe three flank stripes so often seen in Burchell zebras,there are in the hybrid three stripes in front of the stifle,which first run upwards and then arch backwards to endbelow the root of the tail (Fig. 9). Between the last verticalstripe and the great flank stripe are three ill-defined
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