. The game animals of Africa . n the one hand, and E. b. typiais onthe other, in the matter of colour and pattern, is much greater thanthat between the latter and the quagga. A zebra from the Dumavalley, German East Africa, has been named by Dr. Matschie{Weidiverk in Wort und Bild, 1906, p. 236) Hippotigris inuansie, andis said to differ from transvaalensis by the arrangement of the stripesround the eye. According to an account furnished by Mr. F. C. Selous, it appearsthat bonte-quaggas begin to breed in August, although most of the BONTE-QUAGGA 59 foals are born in September. They are very ea
. The game animals of Africa . n the one hand, and E. b. typiais onthe other, in the matter of colour and pattern, is much greater thanthat between the latter and the quagga. A zebra from the Dumavalley, German East Africa, has been named by Dr. Matschie{Weidiverk in Wort und Bild, 1906, p. 236) Hippotigris inuansie, andis said to differ from transvaalensis by the arrangement of the stripesround the eye. According to an account furnished by Mr. F. C. Selous, it appearsthat bonte-quaggas begin to breed in August, although most of the BONTE-QUAGGA 59 foals are born in September. They are very easily caught when young,and soon become quite tame. If one gallops in between a very youngfoal and its mother, the former will sometimes follow ones horse rightback to camp. These zebras run with considerable speed and endurance,but are not so fast as the large antelopes living in the same countrywith them, and I have often galloped right through a herd of species is fond of feeding in company with other animals, such. Fig. 20.—The Kilimanjaro (?) Bonte-Quagga, one of the fully striped races, photographedby the Duchess of Bedford from a living specimen at Woburn. as buffaloes, blue wildbeests, elands, gemsbucks, and roan and tsessebeantelopes. They are not naturally very wary, and in parts of thecountry where they have not been much disturbed, and are thereforeunsuspicious of danger, they are very inquisitive. When hunting tothe north of the Pungwi river in 1S92, in a part of the country whereI suppose the Burchells zebras had never seen a man with any clotheson, these animals often came to within 100 yards to have a good lookat me ; and on one occasion a large herd approached within 50 yards,and after I had sat down on the side of an ant-heap, stood staring at 6o ZEBRAS, QUAGGAS, AND ASSES me for about half-an-hour, and only ran off when I at last got up andwalked towards them. I once watched a small herd approaching mythree horses, which were feeding about 200 yard
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