European Muflon 1^7 



The following horn -measurements of this species are recorded by 

 Mr. Rowland Ward : — 



Tip to Tip. Locality. 



i6|^ Sardinia 



1 1 ,, 



1 1 „ 



21 „ 



10 J, 



10 ,, 

 loi 



loi Corsica 



10 Sardinia 

 9r 



Distribution. — At the present day the mountains of Corsica and Sardinia. 

 Said formerly to have inhabited Greece and the Balearic Islands, thou<^h 

 this requires confirmation. With regard to the reputed former occurrence 

 of the muHon in Spain, Brehm believes this is due to it having been 

 confounded with the Spanish tur ; much the same view being taken by 

 Senor Graells, in his monograph of the mammals of Spain quoted above. 



Habits. — Muflon are restricted to certain mountain ranges in their 

 native islands, and there frequent only the higher portions, generally 

 selecting peaks which enable them to take a wide survey of the surround- 

 ing country. They are remarkably wary, employing their senses of sight, 

 hearing, and smell ; and, according to Mr. Buxton, are in the habit of 

 seeking for spots where currents of air meet. When thus situated they 

 are quite unapproachable, even when their station is otherwise most 

 favourable to the stalker. The ground they generally frequent is broken 

 rather than mountainous ; many of the valleys being filled with forests 

 of ilex. When, however, pigs are brought up to feed upon the acorns of 

 the latter, the muflon betake themselves to less disturbed situations. 

 Formerly, at any rate, muflon were found in flocks of very large size, 



