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Animal Markings

 Subject
Subject Source: Nahste

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 12 August 1912

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/49
Scope and Contents Ewart writes from Lerwick, Shetland, that he would be happy to arrange to keep the 15 ewes and lambs at Fairslacks for a year at a fair price, although it will be best not to add to the permanent stock until the farm is taken over by the University in October or November that year. At an exhibition on Shetland he saw a ewe as small as the one in the British Museum from Papa Stour with goat-like horns and a very short tail, as well as a hornless, short-tailed ewe with white patches at Foula;...
Dates: 12 August 1912

Romulus Showing Spots and Stripes, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1054
Scope and Contents

Photograph of Ewart's zebra, "Romulus"'s hindquarters showing both spots and stripes in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s