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BULLETIN 56, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Habits mid local distribution. — On March 30, 1885, I saw horns of 

 mountain sheep nailed above the doors of a corral at Maricopa. 

 Arizona, which were shaped like those of the present form. The 

 sheep were doubtless killed on the road between Yuma and Maricopa. 

 In 1884, an old man named Pease, who drove General Crook's army 

 wagon, related experiences in hunting sheep in earlier years, when 

 they were abundant and tame, on the stage route along the lower 

 Gila, where he was employed as a driver. 



During the survey many sheep horns were seen in the region 

 between the Pajaritos Mountains and the Colorado River. A hunter 

 and prospector, named Williams, who accompanied us, saw sheep 

 and fired at one in the Cobota Mountains, near Pozo de Luis. Horns 

 were seen in the Papago Indian settlement at Xariz Mountain. 

 The Papagoes said that sheep were quite numerous in higher ranges 

 visible from Xariz. These Indians slay many, and sheep are con- 

 sequently growing scarce. Horns were seen at Sonoyta and in the 

 Papago settlement below Sonoyta. Many horns were seen in the 

 hills surrounding Quitobaquita, Pima County, Arizona, in 1894. A 

 bighorn had been lassoed by ranchmen at the pool at Quitobaquita 

 shortly before our arrival. The surveyors saw sheep in the rugged 

 Tule Mountains in 1892. When my party was there, in February. 

 1894, no sheep were seen, but many tracks and heaps of horns were 

 noted, as also in the neighboring Granite Mountains. During our 

 stay at Tinajas Atlas, at the foot of the Gila Mountains, from Febru- 

 ary 14 to 23, 1894, sheep were seen on four occasions, in flocks of 6, 3, 

 3, and perhaps as many as 20. They were feeding largely upon a 

 Gylindropuntia cactus, in valleys at the base of the mountain, but 

 tracks and beds were seen at all altitudes. Dr. AV J McGee writes 

 that " the fauna of Seriland includes the bighorn." ° 



Record of ? specimens of Ovis canadensis gaillardi. 



Date. 



Apr., 1892... 



Feb. 21, 1894. 

 Feb. 22, 1904. 



do 



Feb. 11, 1904. 



Apr., 1902... 

 1892 



Locality. 



Gila Mountains, near 

 Monument N<>. 190. 



....do 



....do 



....dr. 



Tale Wells, near Monu- 

 ment No. 186. 



Tinajas Altas. Gila Moun- 

 tains, Yuma County. 

 Arizona. 



(iila Mountains, n e a r 

 Monument No. 190. 



Remarks. 



Flat skin and feet sent in by 



Maj. D.D.Gaillard. 

 Skin and skull of type. 

 Imperfect weathered skull. 

 • >ne weathered horn. 

 Do. 



One horn of young indi- 

 vidual, killed' by Mr. Joe 

 11. Wheeler. 



Feet. Head in the i.o-scs- 

 sioi) of Maj.D. D. Gaillard. 



a National Geographic Magazine, X, April, 1896, p. 130. 



