Sha or Urial 175 



(1862) ; Severtzoff, Trans. Soc. Moscoii^ vol. viii. art. 2, pp. 150 and 



Ov/'s ammon, Erxleben, Syst. Nat. Mawiu. p. 250 {ijjj) ; H. Smith, in 

 GrifHth's Animal KiiigJoni, vol. iv. p. 317, v. p. 359 (1827) ; Brooke, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 518; Blanford, ihicL 1896, p. 787; Ward, Records of 

 Big Game, p. 243 (1896). 



Mgoceros argali., Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. vol. i. p. 2^1 (181 i). 



Ovis [Argali) argali., Gray, Knows ley Menagerie., p. t^j (1850). 



Caprovis [Argali) argali., Gray, Cat. Ungulata., Brit. Mas. p. 174 

 (1852), Cat. Ruminants, Brit. Miis. p. 57 (1872). 



Musimon argali, Gervais, Hist. Nat. Mamm. vol. ii. p. 191 (1855). 



Caprovis argali. Gray, Hand-list Ruminants, Brit. Mi/s. p. 132 (1873). 



Plates XIV. and XV. 



Characters. — Size largest of all living sheep, the height at the shoulder 

 reaching from 3 feet 9 inches to 4 feet, and the build proportionately stout. 

 Horns of adult male exceedingly massive, their basal girth being very great 

 and both the front and lateral surfaces relatively broad ; frequently both 

 the inner and outer front angles rounded off" near the base, and the trans- 

 verse wrinkles numerous and closely approximated, with the intervening 

 grooves deep, and strongly developed both on the front and lateral surfaces ; 

 in some cases, and more especially in the Tibetan race, the horns with 

 the front angles much more distinct ; curvature of the horns forming a 

 spiral varying from somewhat less to considerably more than one complete 

 circle. In females the horns short, erect, curving backwards and outwards, 

 and becoming thin and strap-like near the tips. Hair short, coarse, and 

 close in winter ; in summer, especially in old rams, still shorter and much 

 thinner ; in some cases a ruff" on the throat. General colour of upper-parts 

 light brown in winter, mingled brown and white in summer, at least in old 



