228 Sheep 



reaching to within ahout 5 inches of the hocks. In females the hair 

 shorter. Horns of adult males generally similar in form and curvature 

 to those of the bharal {infra, p. 232), but with a distinct keel in the middle 

 of the front surface at the base, and with the tips directed inwards, or 

 inwards and downwards, without any upward tendency ; in young 

 specimens the whole horn is marked with prominent sinuous transverse 

 wrinkles, which are often retained at the tips of adult specimens ; these 

 wrinkles are wanting in young horns of the bharal, although adult horns 

 of both species show the same sinuous lines ot growth. Horns of females 

 only slightly smaller than those of males. General colour ot head, upper- 

 parts, outer surface of limbs, and tail unitt)rm rufous tawnv, becoming 

 rather darker on the mane ; ears, chin, middle ot under-parts and inner 

 surfaces of limbs whitish ; a tew dark bars on the long hair ot the throat. 

 Horns yellowish-brown, becoming darker in old animals. 



The plate is drawn from an adult mounted male in the British 

 Museum presented by Sir E. G. Loder. This specimen exhibits the 

 average amount ot long hair developed on the fore-quarters in the wild 

 state. Menagerie specimens show a much greater profusion of hair. In 

 the characters of the skull and horns the arui is almost as much a goat as 

 is the bharal, although the retention of the transverse wrinklings in the 

 horns for a considerable portion of life is an ovine character. The length 

 of the tail is a feature unknown in the goats, and at first sight might seem 

 to affiliate the species with the domesticated breeds of sheep ; from which 

 the arui is, however, widely separated by the absence of face-glands and 

 the form and structure of the horns. In the large size of the horns in 

 the female the species is unlike any other sheep or goat. As regards the 

 elongated hair on the fore-quarters, the present animal comes nearer to 

 the markhor than to any other member of the group, although lacking 

 the long beard growing on the chin of that species. In respect to 

 coloration the arui is nearest to the West Caucasian tur amontr the 



