. The Penycuik experiments. Hybridization; Telegony; Horses; 1899. TELEGONY AND EEVEKSION. 89 evidently sometimes reduced either by two or more blending^ or by alternate stripes first forming shadow stripes and then disappearing^ the nine to ten vertical body stripes in the common zebra may be equivalent to the eighteen to twenty stripes in the Somali zebra. In the Burchell zebras, when the shadow stripes (Fig. 25) are included, there are often eleven vertical stripes* between the shoulder stripe and the great flank stripe, i. e. the stripe corresponding to one of Fig. Mountain Zebra and
. The Penycuik experiments. Hybridization; Telegony; Horses; 1899. TELEGONY AND EEVEKSION. 89 evidently sometimes reduced either by two or more blending^ or by alternate stripes first forming shadow stripes and then disappearing^ the nine to ten vertical body stripes in the common zebra may be equivalent to the eighteen to twenty stripes in the Somali zebra. In the Burchell zebras, when the shadow stripes (Fig. 25) are included, there are often eleven vertical stripes* between the shoulder stripe and the great flank stripe, i. e. the stripe corresponding to one of Fig. Mountain Zebra and Foal (Amsterdam Zoological Gardens). the handles of the gridiron in the common zebra. Hence the only essential diiference between the Burchell and the lighter, until tliey are almost invisible; but when within two or three inches of the ventral band they become nearly as distinct as they are on the sides of the body. * In Matopo four vertical stripes reach the ventral band (Fig. 23), while in the Transvaal filly (Fig. 25) three stripes on one side and two on the other reach the ventral Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ewart, J. C. (James Cossar), 1851-1933. London, A. and C. Black
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