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The Angora Goat} is of opinion that the long silky hair of that breed 

 — the mohair of commerce — represents an exxessive development of the 

 pashm of the Kashmir and wild goats, the so-called " kemp " of the 

 Angora being the remnant of the ordinary hair ot the original outer coat 

 of the former. 



5. The Arabian Ibex — Capra nubiana 



Capra niihiana^ F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Maiiiiii. lasc. vii. pi. 397 (1H25) ; 

 Gray, Kuows/cy Me/iagerie, p. 32 (1850), Cat. Uiigulata Brit. Mas. p. 151 

 (1852), Cat. Ruwi)iants Brit. Mas. p. 53 (1872) ; Ward, Records of Big 

 Game, p. 230 (1896) ; Pousargues, Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. vol. iv. p. 85 

 (1897). 



Capra sinaitica, Hemprich and Ehrenberg, Sy/iih. Phys. Zool. vol. i. 

 pi. xviii. (1828) ; P. L. Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1886, p. 316, pi. xxxii. ; 

 W. L. Sclater, Cat. Ma//////. L/d. Mas. pt. ii. p. 144 (1891) ; Ward, Records 

 of Big Ga///e, p. 229 (1896). 



Capra arak'ca, Ruppell, Ne//e IVirhelth. Ahyssi//. p. 17 (1835) ; Flower 

 and Garson, Cat. Osteol. Mas. Coll. Surg. pt. ii. p. 249 (1884). 



/Egoceros hede//., Wagner, Schreber's Sdiigethiei e, vol. v. p. 1303 (1836). 



Capra hede//., Blasius, Saugeth. De//tschh///ds, p. 482 (1857) ; Tristram, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866, p. 85, Fai///a Palesti//e^ p. 6, pi. ii. (1884). 



Capra /iiengesi, Noack, Zool. A/rzeiger, 1896, p. l^l; see P. L. Sclater, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1897, P- 9°°- 



Characters. — Build moderately stout ; height at shoulder about :^ ^ inches. 

 Horns scimitar-like, very long, slender, and highly curved ; the outer front 

 angle bevelled off and the front surface relatively narrow, with a large 

 number of rather closely approximated transverse knot-like ridges of some- 

 what large size. Ears relatively long, margined with white. Beard long, 

 pointed, and occupying the full width of the chin. A little longish hair below 



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