Tibetan Arorali i8i 



Ovis iu)u)ioiio/th's, Hodgson, yoi/rn. .is. Soc. Bengal., vol. x. pp. 230 and 

 91:? (1H40-41), XV. p. 338 (1846) ; flutton, ibIJ. vol. xvi. p. 568 (1847). 



Ovis tiiiiiiioii., Horsfield, Cat. E. Imi. Miis. p. 176 (1851), nee O. amnion^ 

 Linn. 1766 ; Kinloch, Large Game Shooting, pt. i. p. 19 (1869) ; Blanford, 

 ""fotirn. As. Soc. Benga/, vol. xli. p. 40 (1872). 



Caprovis arga/i, Adams, Pror. Zoo/. Soc. 1858, p. 527, nee 0. arga/i, 

 Pallas, 1777-80. 



Ovis hlythi, Severtzoff, 'Trans. Soc. Moscoi/, vol. viii. art. 2, p. 154 (1873). 



Ovis hrookei, E. Ward, Proc. Zoo/. Soc. 1874, p. 143 ; Brooke, i/jiJ. 

 1875, p. 52] ; Sterndale, Man/n/. hn/ia, p. 434 (1884), Journ. Bom/my 

 Nat. Hist. Soc. vol. i. p. 35 (1886), Proc. Zoo/. Soc. 1886, p. 205. 



(?) Ovis </a/ai-/anhe, Prezewalski, Cat. Zoo/. Co//, p. 16 (1887). 



P/ate XV. 



C/iaracters. — The size hut little less than in the typical race, the height 

 at the shoulder ranging from about 3 feet 6 inches to at least 3 teet 10 

 inches.^ The horns of males generally somewhat less massive, and forming 

 a less open spiral, which does not exceed one complete circle and is usually 

 less ; their tips almost invariably broken, the wrinkles apparently slightly 

 less prominent, and the outer front angle frequently distinct. In adult 

 males the hair on the sides and lower surface of the neck elongated into a 

 large whitish ruff, which apparently persists throughout the year ; there is 

 also a shorter crest of dark hair running along the back of the neck to the 

 withers. 



Apart from the whitish ruff, the general coloration is very similar to 

 that of the typical race. The upper-parts are grayish-brown, the throat, 

 chest, under-parts, and insides of the limbs, the front surface of the legs 



^ Mr. BlanFnrd gives 4 feet as the maxinium, but 1 am doubtful if this height is ever reached. 



