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Goats 



/E^oceros ibex, Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. vol. i. p. 224 (iSii), in 

 part. 



Capra pa/Iasi, Schinz, Nciie Deiikschr. schxceiz. Gcs. vol. ii. p. 9 

 [i^^i'^) ^ ntc Mgoceros pallasi^'KomWxQV , 1841, vide Proc. Zool. Soc. 1887, 



P- 553- 



I/h'x sibirka, Hodgson, Joiirn. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. xvi. p. 700 (1847). 

 Ibex sibiriciis, Nehring, Tiindren uiid Steppeii, p. iii (1890). 



Fig. 52. — Oblique view of Head of male Himalayan Ibex. (From Darrah's Sport in the Higklmids of 



Kashmir.') 



Plate XXIV. 



Characters. — Height at shoulder reaching to from 40 to 42 inches. 

 Build and general appearance very similar to the Arabian ibex, the beard 

 of the males, which is confined to the chin, being long and pointed, the 

 ears relatively large, and the horns scimitar-shaped and very long. The 

 front surface of the latter very broad, with no bevelling of the outer edge, 

 and bearing very prominent and thick transverse knots, of which the outer 



