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h. Argali. — Tail very short ; horns long, heavy, ivith the tips bent inivards, 

 and ivith the tivo edges equally promineiit ; throat and sides loithout any 

 dark streak. 



7. Caprovis (Argali) argali. (The Argali.) B.M. 



Capra montana, Fischer. 



JEgocevos montana, Wagner. 



Caprovis (Argali) argali, Gray, Cat. Ungul. B. M. p. 174. 



Ovis montana, Baird, Mam, North Amer. p. G74, f. 593, and yax, 



f. 1608. 

 Ovis argali, Blasius, Sdugeth. Deutsch, p. 468, f. 241, 242 (from Altai). 



Hob. Siberia, Kamtschatka, and Rocky Mountains. 



8. Caprovis (Argali) bambhera. (The Bambhera or Bhaaral). B.M. 



Horns angular, compressed, closely wrinkled, turned almost into 

 a perfect circle, their flat points directed forwards and outwards. 

 It has a short disk on the tail, and no beard. 



Caprovis argali, var. 2, Gray, Cat. Ungul. B. M. p. 174, t. 21. f. 4 



(skull). 

 Ovis Hodgsoni, Blyth, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 65 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1860, 



■p. 129. 

 Ovis amnion, Hodgson. 

 Ovis ammonoides, Hodgson. 



Hah. Cachar region of Nepal (Eodgs.) ; Ladakh {Speke). 



" Ovis arc/all ex Mont. Himalay., J. E. Gray, the Ammon or Argali 

 of the higher Himalayan ranges, the Banbhera of Nepal, and Ifyan 

 of Thibet. It is, I believe, not yet quite certain that this magni- 

 ficent Sheep is identical with Ovis amnion, Linn. (JEr/oceros argali, 

 Pallas), of Siberia. Mr. Bljth's appellation appears to be the first 

 given to the Himalayan animal. Two fine males and a female of 

 this species are in the Museum of the East-India Company." 



9. Caprovis (Argali) canadensis. (The Taye or Big-horn.) B.M. 



Caprovis canadensis. Gray, Cat. TIngid. B. M. p. 176. 

 Ovis montana, Blasitis, Sdugeth. Deutsch. p. 470, f. 245, 246. 



Hah. North America : Eocky Mountains, California. 



B. Crumennone; skull without infraorbital pit ; tail moderate. 



3. PSEUDOIS. 



Tail rather elongate, not tufted at the end. Forehead convex. 

 Skin covered with thick fur, with a dark lateral streak. (Gray, Cat. 

 Ungul. B. M. p. 177, t. 22. f. 3.) 



1. Pseudois nahoor. (The Nahoor, or Nervate, or Sua.) B.M. 

 Pseudois nalioor. Gray, Cat. Ungid. B. M. p. 177, t. 22, f. 1 (head). 

 Hah. Nepal, Ladakh. 



