i66 



Sheei 



was allied. In the fossil skull the posterior surface of the horn-core is 

 marked hy a series ot deep tlutings, not observable in the existing kind. 

 The outer front angle is, moreover, much less prominent, but as this is a 

 feature observable in the Cyprian muflon, it would not appear to be of any 

 very great distinctive value. 



Distrihi/tion. — The east of England (and probably other parts of Europe) 

 during the earlier portion of the Plistocene period. 



4. The Sha, or Urial — Ovis vignei 



Ovis vig/h'i, Blyth, Proc. Zoo/. Soc. 1840, p. 70; Gray, List. Maniin. 



Br/t. M//S. p. 169 (1843) ; P- L. Sclater, 

 Proc. Zoo/. Soc. i860, p. 127, pi. Ixxix. ; 

 Brooke, //>/(/. 1875, p. 526; Sterndale, 

 Maiinii. Ilk/ill, p. 435 (1884); Blantord, 

 Fauna Brit. Iiniia — Maiiini. p. 497 

 (1891) ; W. L. Sclater, Cat. Mamiii. 

 hhi. Mils. pt. ii. p. 138 (1891) ; True, 

 Proc. U. S. Mils. vol. xvii. p. 5 (1894) ; 

 Ward, Records of Big Ga/iic, p. 250, 

 I 896. 



Ovis [Mil si won) vignei. Gray, Knows /cy 

 Menagerie, p. 36 (1850). 



Caprovis {Miisinion) vignei, Gi'ay, Cat. Ungii/ata Brit. Miis. p. 172 

 (1852), Cat. Ruminants Brit. Miis. p. 55 (1872). 



Ovis niontana, Cunningham, Lada/;, p. 199 (1854), nee Cuvier, 18 17. 



Miisinion vignei, Gervais, Hist. Nat. Manim. vol. ii. p. 191 (1855). 



Caprovis vignei, Adams, Proc. Zoo/. Soc. 1858, p. 526; Gray, Hani/-/ist 

 Ruminants Brit. Mas. p. 130 (1873). 



¥\r,. 32. — Head ot male Ladak Sha. (Row 

 land Ward, Rccordi of Big dime.) 



