102 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



F.— Ovis ammon littledalei. 



Ovis sairensis littledalei, LydeMer, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1912, p. 82, 



pi. vii. 

 Ovis ammon littledalei, LydeJclcer, Field, vol. cxiii, p. 117, 1909, The 



Sheep and Its Cousins, p. 276, 1912, Cat, Hume Bequest Brit. 



Mas. p. 7, 1913 ; Ward, Becords of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 404, 1910. 



Typical locality south-east of Kulja, or Hi, Tiaii Shan. 



Horns (fig. 30) shorter and less expanded than in j^oli 

 p. 106), forming a little more than one complete turn ; 

 length in fine specimens 55 to 58, girth 17 inches. 

 Head brownish grey, with a nearly pure white muzzle ; 

 throat-ruff pale yellowish fawn ; general colour of upper- 

 parts (including nape) bright rufous fawn, rather darker on 



Fig. 30. — Skull and Hoens op Kulja Argali {Ovis ammon littledalei). 



middle of back, but no distinct dorsal line or flank-band ; 

 thighs coloured like back ; no light rump-patch ; tail pale 

 yellowish fawn, with a whitish tinge ; fore-legs whitish grey 

 in front to knee, where there is a yellowish patch ; hind-legs 

 whitish grey in front nearly to hoofs, above which they are 

 light fawn ; throat-ruff coloured much like tail. 



2. 3. 9. 7. Head, mounted. South-east of Kulja, or 

 Hi. Type. Presented hy St. George Littledale, Esq., 1902. 



2. 3. 9. 8. Skin. Same locality. Co-type. 



Same histori/. 

 5. 3. 6. 1. Skull, with horns. Same locality. 



Presented by A. Bayley-Worthington, Esq., 1905. 

 13. 2. 6. 1. Skin. Same locality. 



Presented hy Col. J. H. Ahhot Anderson, 1913. 



