260 FAUNA AMERICANA. 



kans. Rikun-donotoh, of the Kuritians, from 

 its inhabiting the loftier parts of the mountains. 

 Ibex, or Wild Goat, of Clavigero. Cul blanc, of 

 the Canadians. The Argali, or Mountain Sheep. 

 The following description is taken from speci- 

 mens, male and female, in the Philadelphia Muse- 

 um; on comparing which, with the descriptions 

 and figures of the Jlrgali of the old continent, not 

 the slightest specific difference is observable. 



Char. Essent. Horns of the male very large, 

 and strong, triangular; flattened before, striated 

 transversely ; those of the female compressed and 

 falciform; hair during summer, sparse, grayish- 

 fawn; during winter, thick, hard, reddish-gray, 

 with white about the nose, the throat and beneath 

 the belly; a large yellowish-white space about 

 the tail at all times. 



Dimensions. Total length, from the tip of the 

 snout along the back to the base of the tail in the 

 direction of the curvatures of the body, four feet 

 five inches; length of the tail five inches; side of 

 the head from the tip of the nose to the posterior 

 base of the ear, twelve inches ; facial line, from 

 the tip of the nose to the occiput, sixteen inches ; 

 length of the fore leg, from the brachio-cubital 

 joint to the fetlock joint, nineteen inches ; of the 

 fetlock joint three inches ; of the hoof, anteriorly, 

 two inches five-tenths ; height of the same, late- 

 rally, one inch five-tenths; length of the base three 



