204 



Sheep 



8. The Bighorn — Ovis canadensis 



Ovis ccvhufcnsls, Shaw, Naturalist's Miscellany, vol. xv. p. 6io (about 

 1804);' Biddulph, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1885, p. 684; Ward, Records of Big 

 Ganit\ p. 246 (1896). 



Ovis niontana, Cuvier, Rig/ie Animal, vol. i. p. 267 (18 17), ncc Ord, 

 1815; X^t'ii-mxti.x., Mammalogie,\o\. ii. p. 487 (1822); Richardson, F(^7////^z 

 Bor.-Anicr. p. 271 (1829) ; Blvth, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1840, p. yj ; Gray, List 



Fig. 40. — Head of Rocky Mountain Bighorn. (Rowland Ward, Rctoriis of Big Giime.) 



Maniin. Brit. Mas. p. 169 (184:5) ; Baird, N. Amcr. Manini. p. 674 (1857); 

 Blasius, Sciiigt'tli. Dci/tsclilands, p. 470 (1857) ; Giiillemard, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1885, p. 677. 



Ovis ccrvina, Desmarest, Noi/v. Did. Hist. Nat. vol. xxi. p. 551 (18 18) ; 

 Alston, Biol. Ccntr.-Anicr. — Manun. p. i i i (1880) ; Rhoads, Anier. Natural. 

 vol. xxviii. p. 526 (1894) ; Matschie, SB. Gcs. naturfor. Berlin, 1896, 

 p. 99. 



' See Biddulph, torn. cit. p. 682. On account of the absence of a date to the volume in which it 

 occurs, Mr. Rhoads rejects the name canademis in favour of cervina, but it is definitely known that the 

 volume in question appeared before 181 3. 



