96 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



predominating on face, and also pronounced on upper part 

 of neck and shoulders ; under-parts more rufous ; upper side 

 of tail fawn ; a white rump-patch present in some instances, 

 hut in others represented merely hy a paler area on lower 

 part of buttocks.* 



In summer the whole coat (No. 98. 2. 6. 8) very short, 

 and of a pale tint approximating to that of whitey brown 

 paper ; a white rump-patch. 



The range of this race, which formerly included a con- 

 siderable portion of the Altai, cannot be fully defined. 



45. 4. 21. 9. Head, mounted, and body-skin (winter coat). 

 Altai, Siberia; collected by Dr. Brandt. Described by 

 Brooke, Proc. ZooL Soc, 1875, p. 519. Purchased, 1845. 



45. 4. 21. 10. Skin, female, mounted. Altai; collected 

 by Dr. Brandt. Purchased, 1845. 



98. 2. 6. 8. Skin, mounted (summer coat). Altai. 



Presented hy St. George Littledale, Esq., 1898. 



98. 2. 6. 9. Skeleton. Altai. Same history. 



96. 10. 14. 1. Head (fig. 28), mounted (summer coat). 

 Altai. Presented hy Major 0. S. Cumherland, 1896. 



96. 10. 14. 2. Skull, with horns, and scalp-skin. Altai. 



Same history. 

 95. 12. 13. 1. Imperfect skin. Kokagutch, N.W. Altai. 



Same donor, 1895. 



97. 5. 18. 1. Head-skin. Altai. Same donor, 1897. 

 78. 12. 21. 23. Skin, female, mounted, pro^dsionally 



referred to this race. Arcat Mountains, Siberia; collected 

 by Dr. 0. Finsch. 



By exchange with Bremen Grografhical Society, 1878 



B. — Ovis ammon mongolica. — 



Ovis argaU mongolica, Severtzoiu, Trans. Soc. Nat. Moscow, vol. viii, 



art. 2, p. 154, 1878. 

 Ovis jubata, Peters, Monatsh. Ah. Berlin, 1876, p. 117, pis. i-iv ; 

 :- PrzewalsM, Cat. ZooL Coll. p. 15, 1887 ; Noacl; Zool. Anz. 1902, 



p. 626. 



* In the passage cited Brooke states that there is no rump-patch 

 in No. 45. 4. 21. 9, but that a large one is present in a specimen in 

 the Leyden Museum obtained by the same collector (Brandt), and 

 therefore probably from the same district. 



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