APPENDIX A 



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c? Shot by the Author, September 16th, Minshan 

 Mountains, West Kansu. 



Length of body (straight line) . . . . 

 Height at shoulder (allowing for weight when 



standing) ..... 

 Weight (allowing 3 lb. for loss of blood) 

 Head measurement — 



Length 

 Circumference 

 Tip to tip . 



40^ in. 



(S Shot by George Fenwick-Owen, Esq., October 31st, 

 Minshan Mountains, West Kansu. 



Length of body (straight line) 



„ „ „ (following curves) . 

 Height at shoulder (allowing for weight when 

 standing) 



„ „ hindquarters 

 Girth of body behind shoulders 



„ „ forearm ..... 

 Length of foreleg (from elbow — stretched) 



„ „ „ (from knee to tip of hoof) 



Ear 



Head (to nape of neck) .... 

 Weight (uncleaned) .... 



The weight of a second buck killed just afterwards was 59 lb. 



BuRHEL. Native name, ^Ngaiyang, lit. Precipice Sheep. 

 S Shot by the Author, September 25th, Minshan 



Mountains, Shensi. 



Length of body (straight line) 

 „ „ „ (following curves) . 



48 in. 

 55 ., 



