260 Goats 



a. Persian Wild Race, or Pasang — Capra hircus ^gagrus 



Capra agagrus, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. vol. i. p. 193 (1788) ; Desmarest, 

 Mamtnalogie, vol. ii. p. 483 (1822) ; Hutton, Calcutta Joiirfi. Nat. Hist. 

 vol. ii. p. 521, pi. xix. (1842), Joi/ni. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. xv. p. 161 

 (1846) ; Blasius, Saugctli. Dciitschlands, p. 485 (1857) ; P- L. Sclater, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. 1874, p. 89, 1886, p. 315, pi. xxi. ; Blanford, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874, 

 p. 248, Joum. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. xliv. p. 15 (1875), Eastern Persia, vol. ii. 

 p. 89 (1876), Fauna Brit. Ind — Mamni. p. 502 (1891) ; Danford, Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. 1875, p. 458 ; Danford and Alston, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 276 ; 

 Sterndale, Mamm. India, p. 486 (1884) ; Radde, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1887, 

 p. 552 ; \V. L. Sclater, Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mas. pt. ii. p. 142 (1891) ; Satunin, 

 Zool. 'Jalirh. Syst. vol. ix. p. 311 (1896) ; Ward, Records of Big Game, 

 p. 229 (1896). 



Antilope gazella, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. vol. i. p. 190 (1788), nee Capra 

 gazella, Linn. 1796. 



Mgoceros agagrus, Pallas, Zool. Rosso-Asiat. vol. i. p. 266 (181 i) ; 

 Kotschy, F(7-/;. Ver. Wien, vol. iv. p. 201 (1854). 



Capra caucasica. Gray, List Mamm. Brit. AIus. p. 167 (1843), "'''^ 

 Pallas, 1783 ; Adams, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 525. 



Mgoceros pictits, Erhardt, Fauna Cyc laden, p. 29 (1858). 



Capra picta, P. L. Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874, p. 689, pi. Iviii. 



Hircus gazella. Gray, Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mas. p. ^t^ (1872). 



Capra liirciis, var. tegagrns, F"lo\\'er and Garson, Cat. Osteol. Mas. Coll. 

 Si/rg. pt. ii. p. 251 (1884). 



Plate XXIII. 



Characters. — Build relatively slender ; height at shoulder reaching to 

 37 inches. Horns of male scimitar-shaped, curving backwards, much 



