The origin and influence of the thoroughbred horse . ile it is further characterized by the much less markedcontrast between the light and dark areas of the coat. Thelight areas on the muzzle, buttocks, legs, and under parts being Isabella-coloured^ instead of pure white, and thus much lesssharply differentiated from the fawn of the rest of the body. 1 P. Z. S., 1904, p. 431 (with Plate); cf. Pallas (vii. 92) for Mongoldtthif/i/uetei. 2 From a photograph by the Duchess of Bedford. ^ the colour of the soiled linen of Isabella of Castile. n] THE EXISTING EQUIDAE 45 The general colour is pal
The origin and influence of the thoroughbred horse . ile it is further characterized by the much less markedcontrast between the light and dark areas of the coat. Thelight areas on the muzzle, buttocks, legs, and under parts being Isabella-coloured^ instead of pure white, and thus much lesssharply differentiated from the fawn of the rest of the body. 1 P. Z. S., 1904, p. 431 (with Plate); cf. Pallas (vii. 92) for Mongoldtthif/i/uetei. 2 From a photograph by the Duchess of Bedford. ^ the colour of the soiled linen of Isabella of Castile. n] THE EXISTING EQUIDAE 45 The general colour is pale sandy fawn, with the tips of theears, mane, and dorsal stripe (which is continued down thetail), brown, and there seems to be but little difference in thisrespect between the summer and winter coats. The dorsalstripe is narrow as in the kiang, and is thus distinct from thatof the ghor-kar and onager, which is broader and bordered withwhite. Mr Lydekker regards this animal as the true Equushemionus of Pallas, which came from Mongolia, and is known. Fi<i. 21. The Kiang 1. to the natives as chigetai (dzeggetai). It is certainly entitledto be regarded as subspecifically distinct from the kiang ofTibet and Ladak, and the latter should be known as Equushemionus kiang (Moorcroft). (5) The Kiang {E. hemionus kiang) lives in the upperIndus valley, Tibet, and Mongolia, seldom at a lower altitudethan 10,000 feet. It (Figs. 20, 21) differs from the onager 1 This illustration is from a photograph (copyright) of a kiang formerly in theZoological Garden, Kegents Park, by Mr L. Medland, , well known forhis photographs of living animals. 46 THE EXISTING EQUIDAE [CH. in being larger, exceeding 13 hands, and by the narrownessof its dorsal stripe compared with that of the latter hind-quarters are much more developed in length andstrength. In colour it is rufous-bay, whilst its voice is saidto differ from the strident bray of the onager. (6, 7, 8) The Onager {E. onager^), the
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