Alpine Ibex 271 



Senckenberg Museum at Frankfort, is known to me solely from Riippell's 

 description and figure and the above notes. 



Distribution. — The high mountain ranges of Abyssinia. 



7. The Alpine Ibex — Capra ibex 



Capra ihex, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, vol. i. p. 95 (1766) ; Desmarest, 

 Mammalogic^ vol. ii. p. 480 (1822); H. Smith, in Griffith's Animal 

 Kingdom, vol. iv. p. 300, v. p. 357 (1827) ; Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Miis. 

 p. 167 (1843), ^iJO-wslcy Menagerie, p. 32 (1850), Cat. Ungu/ata Brit. Miis. 

 p. 142 (1852), Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 52 (1872); Blasius, Saugeth. 

 Deutschlands, p. 475 (1857) ; P- L. Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1886, p. 315 ; 

 Reichenau, A^. Jahrb. Min. 1896, vol. i. p. 221 ; Ward, Records of Big 

 Game, p. 227 (1896). 



Capra alpina, Girtanner, "Journ. Physique, vol. xxviii. p. 224 (1786). 



/Egoceros ibex, Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso- Asiat. vol. i. p. 224 (181 i), in part. 



Ibex alpiuus. Gray, List Osteol. Brit. Mus. p. 59 (1847) ^ Nehring, 

 Tundren und Steppen, p. 206 (1890). 



Ibex europcva, Hodgson, "Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. xvi. p. 700 (1847). 



Characters. — Size and build generally similar to that of the Arabian 

 ibex, the height at the shoulder reaching to about 40 inches. Ears 

 relatively small ; beard of males, which is confined to the chin, short and 

 small. Horns ot male long, scimitar-shaped, sweeping backwards in the 

 usual curve ; their front surface wide, with a slight bevelling of the outer 

 angle, the transverse knots more or less strongly developed, but usually 

 thinner than in the next species, with their outer portion sloping away 

 towards the margin of the front surface of the horn. Horns of females 

 small and upright, the usual length being from 6 to 8 inches. Pelage 

 coarse and thick, but varying according to the season ; in summer shorter, 

 finer, and more shining ; in winter longer, rougher, and duller, with a 



