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goats, whereas in the same feature the bharal approximates to the Persian 

 wild goat. 



By the Arabs the present species is termed either arui, udad, or fechstal. 



The following measurements of arui horns are recorded in Mr. Rowland 

 Ward's book : — 



In this list the last and antepenultimate specimens are those of 

 females. 



Distribution. — The mountains of North Africa, from near the Atlantic 

 seaboard to ligypt. In the Atlas confined to the arid southern slopes, 

 within sight of the desert, and unknown in the interior of the range in the 

 neighbourhood of the coast. 



Habits. — The uniform tawny coloration of the arui is of itself sufficient 

 to proclaim that the animal is an inhabitant of comparatively bare sandy or 

 rocky districts ; and this we find confirmed by the accounts of those who 

 have seen it in its native haunts. Among recent observers, Mr. E. N. 



