. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. There are at theGifts from P ie s e n tH. M. momentthe King, three mag-nificent specimens ofthe Grevy zebra de-posited in the Zooby H.M. the King;only one other existsin Europe, and thatone on the estate ofthe Duke of Bedford.All four are, unfortu-nately, females, and. 4 LiiiKVV ZEBRAS. THE CUET OE THE KING. labelled Born in the Menagerie. ColonelMahon has given the female the Arabianname of Fatima, which seems mostappropriate, as a more typical personifica-tion of female curiosity it would be difficultto find among the fema
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. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. There are at theGifts from P ie s e n tH. M. momentthe King, three mag-nificent specimens ofthe Grevy zebra de-posited in the Zooby H.M. the King;only one other existsin Europe, and thatone on the estate ofthe Duke of Bedford.All four are, unfortu-nately, females, and. 4 LiiiKVV ZEBRAS. THE CUET OE THE KING. labelled Born in the Menagerie. ColonelMahon has given the female the Arabianname of Fatima, which seems mostappropriate, as a more typical personifica-tion of female curiosity it would be difficultto find among the female animals at theZoo; and it was no doubt from observa-tions of a^ similar nature that induced theColonel to name this beautiful specimenafter Bluebeards seventh wife. The malehe has named Selim, after one of theSultans of Turkey, anticipating many wivesfor this choice beast. the giraffe trouble (fortunately solved) appliesequally to these beautiful animals. Thelargest specimen, which was presented tothe late Queen Victoria by Emperor Menelik, is about eight years old and is a very fineshaped mare, and the other two will, no doubt, make equally graceful beasts.The markings on each of the animalsare dissimilar so far as design is con-cerned, and although each have their pointsof beauty, it is generally admitted thelate Queens animal