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example ; but if, as may be possible, a race of hybrids is from time to time 

 developed on the frontiers ot the two valid species, such variations would 

 naturally be expected to occur. In any case, it is clear that the specimen 

 under consideration is not the typical C. cai/casicd^ and if (probably together 

 with Dr. Menzbier's specimens) it should indicate a new form, such 

 species or sub-species will require a tresh name. I may add that Prince 

 Demidoff, in his Hunting Trips to the Cai/casiis, firmly believes in the 

 existence of hybrids of the above type between the East and the West 

 Caucasian tur. 



The following dimensions ot horns are recorded by Mr. Rowland 

 Ward :— 



Number four in this list is the abnormal specimen. 



Distribution. — The western halt ot the main chain of the Caucasus, 

 from the neighbourhood of Dych-tau and Elbruz westwards. 



In habits this species is probably very similar to the preceding. 



3. The Spanish Tur — Capka pvrenaica 



CJcipri! /)yrcnii/cc/,Sch[nz, Ncne De/ikschr. sc/nvciz. Gcs. vol. ii. p. 9, pis. ii. 

 and iii. (1838) ; Gray, Knoii'sAy Menagerie., p. t,t^ (1850) ; Blasius, Siiiiget/i. 

 Dentse/ilnnds, p. 480 (1857); I^'-'^k, Tnins. Zoo/. Soc. vol. x. p. 118 

 (1877); Lydekker, Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mas. pt. ii. p. 41 (1885); 

 P. L. Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1886, p. 315; Nathusius, Zool. Anzeiger, 

 1888, p. 333; Chapman and Buck, Wild Spain^ p. 129 (1893) ; Ward, 

 Records of Big Game, p. 228 (1896) 



