172 Sheep 



/;. PrNjAB Race — Ovis vignei cvcloceros 



Ovis cycloceros, Hutton, Calcutta Joi/ni. Nat. Hist. vol. ii. p. 51 4 

 (1842) ; P. L. Sclater, Proc. ZooL Soc. i860, p. 128, pi. Ixxx. 1887, p. 637 ; 

 Jerdon, Mamm. India, p. 294 (1867) ; Kinloch, Large Game Shooting, pt. i. 

 p. 29 (1869) ; Blanford, Kastcrn Persia, yo\. ii. p. 87 (1876) ; Sterndale, 

 Mamin. India, p. 435 (1884) ; Thomas, Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, vol. v. p. 63 

 (1890) ; W. L. Sclater, Cat. Manini. Ind. Miis. pt. ii. p. 138 (1891). 



Ovis arkal, Blasius, Sliugethiere Deiitschlands, p. 469, figs. 243, 244 (i 857). 



Caprovis cy cheer os. Gray, Cat. Pinninants, Brit. Mns. p. 55 (1872). 



Caprovis arkal. Gray, op. cit. p. 56 (1872). 



Characters. — Size smaller than in the tvpical race, the height at the 

 shoulder seldom exceeding 32 inches. Horns usually slightly spiral, 

 forming a less open and more compact circle, with the tips convergent, 

 and thus approximated to the eyes ; the two front ridges frequentlv verv 

 strongly developed and forming distinct nodose beads, between which the 

 tront surhice ot the horn is concave and carries bold and widely separated 

 transverse wrinkles. Ruff on throat and chest very strongly developed, 

 and its upper tront portion more or less completely white in old males. 



That the urial, as this sheep is termed in the Salt Range and other 

 districts of the Punjab, is not entitled to specilic separation from the sha of 

 Astor and Ladak, may be fully admitted ; but, at the same time, it seems 

 to have a distinct claim to be regarded as a more or less well-marked 

 small local race. I have never seen Astor or Ladak horns showing the 

 prominent bead-like front ridges displayed in the old male from Afghan- 

 istan in the British Museum forming the subject of plate xiii. Although 

 many other specimens display similar beads, and equally pronounced and 

 widely separated transverse wrinkles on the front surface, it must not be 

 supposed that these features are distinctive of all individuals of this race ; 

 quite the contrary. For instance, in a younger mounted male specimen 



