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very difficult of detection. A sub- fossil cannon-bone from one of the 

 French caverns has been referred to this species, but it seems extremely 

 doubtful it the determination is really correct. 



Although the arui is undoubtedly very distinct from all other wild 

 sheep, perhaps even more so than the bharal, I cannot bring myself to 

 regard it as worthy ot generic distinction. Its most aberrant features are 

 the mane ot long hairs on the fore-quarters, the length of the tail, and the 

 relatively large size of the horns in the female. 



iii. PsEUDoviNE Group — Sub-Genus Pseudois 



Psei/ifois, Hodgson, youni. As. Soc. Bengdl, vol. xv. p. 343 (1846) ; Gray, 

 Cat. Vnguhita Brit. Mas. p. 177 (1852). 



Characters. — Horns of males forming an S-shaped curve, rounded or 

 subquadrangular at the base, nearly smooth, without distinct transverse 

 wrinkles ; those of females small. No face-glands, or pits in the skull for 

 their reception. A clearly-defined black band between the fawn of the back 

 and the white of the under-parts, and distinct black markings down the 

 whole front of the legs. No fringe of hair on the throat and fore-legs. 

 Tail rather longer than in the caprovine group. 



Distri/nitioii. — Tibet and adjacent districts of Central Asia. 



The Bharal — Ovis nahura 



Ovis nayaiir, Hodgson, Asiatic Researches., vol. xviii. pt. 2, p. 135 (1833), 

 in part ; Matschie, SB. Ges. natf. Berlin, 1896, p. 97, 1897, P- 7^- 



Ovis nahoor, Hodgson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1834, p. 107, Joar//. As. Soc. 

 Bengal, vol. x. pp. 231 and 293 (1840), xi. p. 283 (1842), P. L. Sclater, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. i860, p. 129 ; Kinloch, Large Game Shooting, pt. i, p. 25 

 (1866) ; Milne-Edwards, Rech. Manini. p. 357, pis. Ixviii. and Ixix. 

 (1868-74) ; W. L. Sclater, Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mas. pt. ii. p. 140 (189 1). 



