Mr. Blyth on the Genus Ovis. 259 



The following may serve for definitions of the various ascertained 

 species of wild Sheep that have been here described : — 



1. 0. Polii, Blyth. O. cornibus maximis triquetris, angustis 

 altissimisque ; angulis anterioribus sequalibus : extrorsiim spiraliter 

 gyratis, et tarn prolongatis quam sunt cornua Arietum domesti- 

 corum longissima : sulcis transversim indentatis ; colore pallido. 

 Animal non cognitum est, sed 0. Ammoni magnitudine saltem baud 

 inferius. Habitat apud planitiem elevatam Pamir dictam, in Asia 

 centrali. 



2. O. montana, Desmarest. O. cornibus maximis triquetris, 

 crassissimis, et ssepe inter angulos tumidis, ad apicem compressi- 

 oribus ; sulcis transversim indentatis ; deorsiim et antrorsum gyratis 

 ad parallelum, apicibus extrorsiim eductis : colore pallido, sed ssepe 

 rufo-brunneo suffuso. Animal ad magnitudinem Cervi Elaphi appro- 

 l)inquans, sed artubus brevioribus ; pilis griseo-fulvis pallidis, maculis 

 genericis super facie, pectore, artubusque fuscis ; Cauda brevissima, 

 et disco albescente circundata. Habitat apud Americae Septentri- 

 onalis montes, occidentalem versus. 



3. 0. Ammon, Pallas. Diversitas hujus speciei ab praecedente 



mal with the Jharal of Mr. Hodgson (which is decidedly the Capra Jemlaica 

 of Col. H. Smith) and the Goral of Gen. Hardwicke ; which two latter 

 species, if not the first also (as is most probable), are very remarkable for 

 having constantly four mammae, wherein they differ from all the allied 

 forms. It is necessary, however, to remark here, that I do not consider 

 tlie Siirow, or Thar of Mr. Hodgson, and its congener the Camhing-outang 

 of Sumatra, to be nearly allied to the Goats and Sheep. The members of 

 the subdivision Kemas, Ogilbj'^ (from which I exclude the Chamois), are 

 besides distinguished from the true Goats, as a subgenus of which generic 

 group I prefer to rank them, by having short horns, nearly as large in the fe- 

 male as in the male, always cylindrical at the tips, and forming a prolongation 

 of the plane of the visage ; no beard on the chin ; comparatively long limbs ; 

 and by having the chafFron straight, or even concave, in lieu of being bombed. 

 The K. hylocrius, which has never been described, is rather smaller than 

 the Jharal, with a very short, coarse, and somewhat crisp coat, of a grizzled 

 purplish chocolate colour, inclining to olive on the face : the horns diverge 

 much less, having more the direction of those of K. Goral, but are mode- 

 rately thick at base, and very sheep-like, bulging externally more than in 

 K. Jemlaicus, with even an indistinct trace of an outer front-angle ; they 

 are indented with numerous cross-channels, and have little more than a ten- 

 dency to exhibit the pendent knobs in front, conspicuous in those of the 

 Jharal ; their colour is dull black ; at base they are 1 inch apart, diverging to 

 9^ inches at the tips, with a length of 9 inches over the slight curvature. 

 The animal stands above 2^ feet at the back, and measures about 4 feet 

 from nose to tail ; the tail 3 inches, or 5 inches to the end of the hair ; from 

 nose to base of horn 9 inches, and ears 5 inches. There is a raised dorsal 

 line, darker along the nape and fore-quarters ; and the hairs of the coat, which 

 are very slightly crumpled, and lie roughly, from each hair having a stiff 

 curvature, are grizzled chocolate and yellow-gray, the former colour much 

 predominating ; there is some dull white in front of the neck, lower parts, 

 and inside of the limbs ; and the feet are blackish anteriorly, with a black 

 patch also a little above the callous space on the fore-knees : tail the same 

 colour as the back. The female would appear to differ only in having the 

 horns not quite so thick and large. — E. B. 



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