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Sheep 



absolutely greater than in specimens of O. poJ'i karc/iiii, with horns of 

 (greater lenu;th. 



Distribution. — The Sair, or Saiar Mountains, situated in the Great Altai 

 on the north-western border of Mongolia, nearly due east ot a point mid- 

 way between the Semipalatinsk and the Semirechinsk. Altai, in latitude 





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Fig. 36. — Littledale's Sheep. From the type specimen in the British Museum. 



86° E. longitude 47" N. Also at Semitau, north ot the Jair, or Jaiar 

 Mountains,' lying in latitude 84 E. and longitude 46 N. The distribu- 

 tional area theretore lies a little to the eastward of the line approximately 

 dividing tlie habitat ot O. cuhdioii typica from that of O. poli karelini, and 

 impinging on the eastern boundaries of both. 



Cotiipariso?is. — This sheep is typified by three specimeiis (Nos. 90, 4, 

 30, 3-5) in the summer pelage presented to the British Museum by Mr. St. 



1 Marked in Map 77 (F. 1) of the Tiwrs Jt/.is. 



