98 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



pt. ii, p. 136, 189] ; Blanford, Fauna Brit. India, Mamm. p. 494, 

 1891 ; Ward, Records of Big Game, p. 293, 1896. 



Ovis ammonoides, Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. x, pp. 230 



and 913, 1841, xv, p. 338, 1846 ; Hutfon, ibid. voL xvi, p. 568, 



1847. 

 Ovis ammon, Horsfield, Cat. E. Ind. Mus. p. 176, 1851 ; Kinloch, 



Large Game Shooting, pt. i, p. 19, 1869 ; Blanford, Jouj'u. 



Asiat. Soc. Bengal, voL xli, p. 40, 1872, nee Linn. 



(Caprovis bambhera. Gray, Cat. TJngulata Brit. Mus. pi. xvi, 1852, 

 Cat. Buminants Brit. Mus. p. 57, 1872, Hand-List Ruminants 

 Brit. Mus. p. 132, 1873. 



Caprovis argali, Adams, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 527, nee 0. argali, 

 Pallas. 



Ovis blythi, Scvertzow, Trans. Soc. Nat. Moscow, vol. viii, art. 2, 

 p. 154, 1873. 



Ovis brookei. Ward, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874, p. 143 ; Brooke, ibid. 1875, 

 p. 521 ; Sterndale, Mamm. India, p. 434, 1884, Journ. Bombay 

 Nat. Hist. Soc. vol. i, p. 35, 1886, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1886, p. 205 ; 

 Pousargues, Mem. Zool. Soc. France, 1898, p. 153. 



(?) Ovis dalai-lamse, Przewalski, Cat. Zool. Coll. p. 16, 1887. 



(?) Ovis henrii, Milne-Edwards, Rev. gen. Sci. 1892, p. 672. 



Ovis ammon hodgsoni, Lydekker, Wild Oxen, Sheep, and Goats, 

 p. 180, pi. XV, 1898, Game Animals of India, etc. p. 95, 1907, 

 The Sheep and Its Cousins, p. 269, 1912, Cat. Hume Bequest 

 Brit. Mus. p. 6, 1913 ; Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 399, 

 1910. 



Typical locality Tibet ; probably ou the northern frontier 

 of Nepal. 



Size somewhat less than in typical race. Horns with 

 the tips (which are often l)roken) less everted than in 

 ammon, the descending portion nearly vertical, the front 

 outer angle often distinct, and the whole forming about one 

 complete circle ; length in fine specimens from 48 J to 57, 

 girth from 17 to 19 inches. A large throat-rufP, apparently 

 at all seasons, and a nuchal crest. General colour greyish 

 brown above, paler and whitish below ; rump-patch, buttocks, 

 throat, chest, under-parts, and inner sides of the legs white ; 

 crest and a stripe down front of each leg dark. In old rams 

 the back becomes grizzled, owing to the presence of white 

 hairs. A dark mark above tail. In females there is little 

 or no crest and no ruff, while the white is less pure, and the 

 rump-patch less distinct. 



This is stated to be the summer coloration by Blanford, 

 who suggests that the winter colouring is paler ; but this is 

 not supported by what occurs in ammon. 



