54 OVIDiE. 



ture of those of the Koodo {AntUope strepsiceros), only in an op- 

 posite direction, to the straight with spiral keel of the Imjjoofo {A. 

 areas) ; size large ; brown, like domestic Goat. 



Ilircus ajgagrus, var. 1, Qraij, Cat. Unyid. B. 31. p. 159. 

 Capra Falconeri, HeuijUn. 



Hah. India : Cashmere Mountains, Little Thibet. 



Fam. 15. OVID^E. 



Horns behind the orbit, more or less spiral, wider than deep at 

 the base, slightly angulate in front, often wanting in the females. 

 Nose ovine. Forehead flat or concave. Chin of males not bearded. 

 Hoofs triangidar, shallow behind. Males emitting no stench. SkuU 

 with no suborbital fissure and a more or less marked rounded de- 

 pression ; intermaxillaries moderate, reaching the nasals. 



Ovese, Gray, Cat. Ungul. B. M. p. 160. 



A. Crumen distinct ; skull, infraorbital pit deep. 



1. OVIS. 



Horns more or less spiral, bent inwards at the tip. Tail elongate. 

 Eody covered with wool or close-jn'essed hair. Skull with a more or 

 less deep suborbital pit, but no fissure, (Gray, Cat. Ungul. E. M. 

 p. 161.) 



1. Ovis (Aries) aries. (The Sheep.) B.M. 



Ovis aries, Grai/, Cat. Uiiqul. B. M. p. 161 : Blasius, Sauqeth. Deutsch. 

 p. 467, f. 240 (skull and horns). 



Hub. Domesticated. 



2. Ovis Polii. (The Eass or Eoosh.) B.M. 



Ovis aries, var. z, Grai/, Cat. Unqul. B. M. p. 165. 

 Ovis Polii, Bh/th, P. Z. S. 1840,'p. 62 ; Ann. <)■ Mag. Nat. Hist. vii. 

 p. 159, t. 4." f. 1,2. 

 7 , > - , Ovis eultorura, Bli/th, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 03; Ann. S,- Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 (( / :.- :;\ '•v.- Yii. n. 159. t. 4. f. 3. 4. 



: ■-' *v.-v.-^ ^ii. p. 159, t. 4. f. 3, 4. 

 Hah. Bokhara. 



2. CAPROVIS. (Moufflons or Wild Sheep.) 



Horns (in males only) bent in half-circle over the back, heavy, 

 wrinkled, angular, and compressed. Tail short, deer-like, without 

 any tail-disk. Hair thick, entirely concealing the woolly undercoat. 

 (Gray, Cat. Ungul. B. M. p. 171, t. 21. f. 1-3, skull.) 



