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a. Musimon. — Tail very short ; horns toith the outer edge not prominent, and 

 rounded; " crumen larffe '^ (Blyth). 



1. Caprovis (Musimon) Vignii. (Tho Shapoo.) B.M. 



Ovis vignii, Bli/th, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 70 ; Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. vii. 



p. 251 ; Jotirn. As. Sac. Beng. x. p. 873 (partiin) ; Horsfekl, Cat. 



Mm. E. I. C. p. 175 (specimen A, from Strachey's Collection) ; 



Gray's Cat. Unqul in Brit. Mm. (1852), p. 172 ; Adams, P. Z. S. 



1858, p. 526 (partim) ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 18G0, pi. 79, & p. 127, fig. 



skull. 

 Sha of Little Thibet, Blyth. 

 Shapes of the Tibetans, Speke. 



Hah. Thibet. 



" Male. Horns sub triangular, rather compressed laterally, rounded 

 posteriorly, transversely sulcated, curving outwards and backwards 

 from the skull, points divergent; general colour above brownish 

 grey, beneath paler ; belly white ; beard short, of stifiish brownish 

 hair. 



" Female. Very similar to the male, but with tho horns shorter (?). 



"Hub. Ladakh, at an altitude of 12000-14000 feet {Speke, 

 Strachey). 



" Mus. Brit., East-India Company. 



" This wUd Sheep inhabits the elevated regions of Ladakh, where 

 it has been pursued and obtained by Capt. Speke, Capt. Strachey, and 

 others since the discovery by Yigne. There are examples in the 

 British Museum and in the collection of the East-India Company, 

 from the latter of which Mr. Sclater's figure is taken, being the spe- 

 cimen procured in Ladakh by Capt. Strachey.'' 



2. Caprovis cycloceros. (The Oorial.) B.M. 



Wild Sheep of Hindoo Koosh, Capt. Hay, Jonrn. As. Soc. Beng. ix. 



p. 440. 

 Ovis cycloceros, Hntton, Calcutta Journ. N. H. ii. 1842, p. 514, pi. 10. 

 Ovis vimii, Bhjth (pai-tim) ; Adams, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 620 ; Hursfeld, 



Cat. Mus. E. I. C. p. 175 (spec. B) ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1800, t. 80, 



p. 128 (fig. skuU). 



" Male. Horns sub triangular, much compressed laterally and poste- 

 riorly, transversely sulcated, curving outwards and retm-ning inwards 

 towards the face, points convergent ; general colour rufous-brown, 

 face livid, sides of moiith and chin white : belly, legs below the knees, 

 and feet white ; blotch on flanks, outside of legs, and strong lateral 

 line blackish ; a profuse black beard from throat to breast, inter- 

 mixed with some white hairs, reaching to the level of the knees. 



" Female. More uniform pale brown, beneath paler, belly whitish, 

 no beard ; horns quite short and straight, about 3 inches long. 



" Hah. Sulimani range of Punjab, altitude 2000 feet, and extend- 

 ing into Afghanistan ; Kojeh Amrann, Hiudo Koosh, and Huzarreh 

 Ki]lti(IJutton). i/it.5. East-Iudia Company (horns). (Jardons of the 

 Zoological Society. 



