. The Penycuik experiments. Matopo. Romulus. mane. Within the orbital arch are two distinct and stillmore acutely pointed arches. The limbs (each being double,as is also the case with the orbital arch*) of the outer of * From the limbs of these arches being double it may be inferredthat Matopos ancestors had at least double the number of frontal arches. 78 TELEGONY AND EEVERSION. these arches curve inwards on a level with the eyes, andrundown to end in or near the nostril patches. The limbsof the inner arch bifurcate about the level of the eyes, andalso proceed towards the muzzle, one of them
. The Penycuik experiments. Matopo. Romulus. mane. Within the orbital arch are two distinct and stillmore acutely pointed arches. The limbs (each being double,as is also the case with the orbital arch*) of the outer of * From the limbs of these arches being double it may be inferredthat Matopos ancestors had at least double the number of frontal arches. 78 TELEGONY AND EEVERSION. these arches curve inwards on a level with the eyes, andrundown to end in or near the nostril patches. The limbsof the inner arch bifurcate about the level of the eyes, andalso proceed towards the muzzle, one of them again forkingon the way. AVithin the innermost acutely pointed archare two nearly vertical stripes; both of these split wherethey blend with the arch above, while the right one againsplits before it reaches the muzzle below. The three Fig. Somali Zebra i^A. grecyi). pointed arches and the first rounded arch meet in themiddle line, and from their junction the long hairs growout which form what I have spoken of as the frontal tuft. I have described thus fully the stripes on the front ofthe face of Matopo that a comparison may be afterwardsmade between his acutely pointed frontal arches and thenumerous rounded arches in the hybrid offspring, Eomulus TELEGONY AND REVERSION. 79 (Fig. 20). To admit of further comparison witli the liybridsit is necessary that I should also describe at some lengththe stripes on the body of Matopo. Not only are no twoindividuals of any given species or vaiiety of zebras alikein their marking, but in no single individual is the patternthe same on both sides.* But notwithstnnding the varia-FiG. i-2.
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