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Type locality. — Headwaters of the Stikeen River, British 

 Columbia, Canada, near Alaskan boundary. Altitude, about 

 6500 feet. 



Ovis nelsoni Merriam. 



1897. Ouis nelsoni Merriam, Proc. biol. soc. Washington, 



XI, p. 218. July 15, 1897. 

 Type locality. — Grapevine Mountains, on boundary between 



California and Nevada, just south of lat. 37°. 



Genus OREAMNOS Uafinesque. 



1817. Oreamnos Rafixesque, Amer. monthly magazine, ii, p. 

 44. November, 1817. Based on Mazama dorsata Rapinesque 

 (=Ovi.s montana Ord), 3f. sericea Rafinesque (=Ovis montana 

 Ord), and 31. puda Rafixesque (a South American deer). 



Oreamnos kennedyi Elliot. 



1900. Oreamnos A^'e««ef?yi Elliot, Field Columb. mus., pub- 

 lication 46, zool. ser., in, p. 3. June, 1900. 

 Type locality. — Mountains at mouth of Copper River, oppo- 

 site Kyak Island, Alaska. 



* Oreamnos montanus (Ord). 



1815. Ovis montanus Ord, Guthrie's geography, 2d Amer. 



ed., p. 292 (described on pp. 309-310). 

 1885. 3Iazama montana True, Proc. U. S. nat. mus., vii 



(1884), p. 592. 1885. 

 1895. Oream,nos montanus Merriam, Science, n. s., i, p. 19. 



January 4, 1895. 

 Type locality. — Cascade Range, near the Columbia River, in 



Oregon or Washington. 



