See also:QUAGGA, or COUAGGA , an See also:animal of the genus Equus (see See also:HORSE), nearly allied to Burchell's See also:zebra, formerly met with in vast herds on the See also:great plains of See also:South See also:Africa between the Cape See also:Colony and the See also:Vaal See also:river, but now completely See also:extinct. Generally speaking, the See also:colour of the See also:head, See also:neck, and upper-parts of the See also:body was reddish-See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown, irregularly banded and marked with dark brown stripes, stronger on the head and neck and gradually becoming fainter until lost behind the See also:shoulder. There is a broad dark median dorsal stripe. The under See also:surface of the body, the legs, and tail are nearly See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white, without stripes. The See also:crest is very high, surmounted by a See also:standing mane, banded
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The Quagga (Equus quagga).
alternately brown and white. It is, however, not improbable that there were two or more See also:local races, for which See also:separate names have been proposed. Though never really domesticated, quaggas have occasionally been trained to See also:harness. The accompanying See also:illustration is reduced from a See also:painting made from one of two which were driven in See also:Hyde See also:Park by Mr. See also:Sheriff Parkins in the See also:early See also:part of the 19th See also:century. The name is an See also:imitation of the shrill See also:barking neigh of the animal, " oug-ga, oug-ga," the last syllable very much prolonged; it is also commonly applied to the bonnte-quagga, or Burchell's zebra (see HORSE and ZEBRA).
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