Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-12-04
BY JOSEPH BATTELL
NATURAL HISTORY


of India and the highlands OF Taray and Tibet the shores
the Caspian the frontiers OF China differ the last being
uous sabenc color instead pure gray wanting the
dark streak the shoulder and having They
all dark coorcd stripe Though
probable by biologists that they but single species g.
h7oHnS Paas they such marked variations and
form that they have commonly been divided thcche Syrian
Wild Ass a. AHS Geof) the Onager T. 0nas5, Palas) from
Persia the Punab Scnde and the Cuch the Kang
Dzeggctai( E. hhpi Paas hchgh table Tibet
usually with elevation thousand upwards
above the level The last considerably larger than either
others and differs them external appearance having
the aspect of the horse They remarkably having
known to outstrip the aectc horse in speed
"Iast there three striped Species all
Africa These constitute the genus H6bHg7l Hamilton Smith
but they paab except by their cooaon the
asses and OF them CD, the Quagga f. qua&ga Gmcl may
be considered intermediates This animal has the dark stripes
limited the head neck and shoulders upon ground
90 The Dauw Burchcs zebra (E. burci Gray the ground
color white and the stripes the body upper part
limbs This the species in the great plains South
Africa where in large herds company with the
qua8ga and numerous of antelope ranges the Or
angc River the Abyssna In (6) the Mountain
Zebra g. 6r0 Lnn the between the clear white the
ground and the black the stripes
extend quite down the This consequently
beautiful species OF the regards color the horse bear
the palm in elegance OF FORM irequcns
rather than the open plains which dwelling places
other species, and appears limited the
portion the continent within the Cape Colony
numbers rapidly diminishing under the cncroachmcnts urop
civilization
"Ihcrc thus least notifications the horse type
present existing sufficiently distinct be rcckond species by
all BIOLOGISTS and easily recognized by their external characters
They however, also closely allied that each will
OF domcstaton captivity perfect freedom with any OF
the others Cases fertile union recorded between
quagga the horse and the dauw Burch
Asatic wild the zebra
and the dauW the and the hnonu hem
and the hcmonus The species
which perhaps the cst removed general the horse
and the ass produce as swell knoNn hbd ormuc which
qualities excel both their pto4cniIs
and kinds work greater rcquson than
Although occasional been recorded
mules breeding with the males OF other the pure species
doubtful has occurred OF their breeding although
the opportunities doing have been great mules have been
reared immense numbers at least several thousands We
therefore consider species group
in that degree OF physiological differentiation which enables
them to produce offspring with each other but does permit OF
the progeny continuing all
the aid OF OF the pure forms.
THE several members the group show differences
quite striking those exhibited by their external and
than perhaps might be expected from the similarity OF their cerebral
organization The patience OF the the high spirit the horse,
the obsnacy OF the mule have long been proVcrba very
remarkable that many species only have
shown aptitude domcscaon and that these should have
been from time mmcmoa the universal and compan-
ions and while all the others
freedom to this day 1t is however, still question whether this
really different causing natural
capacity for entering into relations with whether may
be owing their having been brought gradually into this condition
by ongcontnucd and pcrscvcng when
services kccny felt is quite possible that why
OF the attempts add species the list
animals in modern times have ended failure that
do in in which existing species supply all prnci-
pal purposes to which the might be 1t hardly be
expected that brs and quaggas fresh from their native
and plains be brought into competition beasts burden
daught with horses and whose naturally qualities
been augmented by the training thousands generations pro-
genitors.'
And from article the Horse by Charles Morris Academy
Natural Sciences hadepha published in supplement llncy
copada Britannica 9th edition. New York. $50 we add