CAPRINiE 107 



1891 ; De Poucins, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. vol. x, p. 53, 

 1895; Ward, Records of Big Game, p. 240, 1896; Lydeliker, 

 Wild Oxen, Sheej), and Goats, p. 188, 1898, Great and Small 

 Game of India, p. 129, 1901, Game Animals of India, etc. p. 91, 

 1907; Brehm, Tierleben, ed. 3, Sdugcth. vol. iii, p. 228, 1901. 



(?) Ovis arkar, W. L. Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874, p. 89. 



Caprovis polii, Brehm, Tierleben, ed. 3, Sciugeth, vol. iii, p. 228, 1891. 



Ovis poli typica, Lydehker, Wild Oxen, Sheep, and Goats, p. 192, 

 1898. 



Ovis ammon poli, LydekJcer, Field, vol. cxiii, p. 117, 1909, The Sheep 

 and Its Cousins, p. 282, 1912. Cat. Hume Bequest Brit. Mus. 

 p. 8, 1913; Ward, R^^cords of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 405, 1910. 



Typical locality the rainirs, in the neighbourhood of the 

 Syr Daria. 



Horns slender and forming a more open and outwardly 

 extended spiral than in any of the other races ; lengtli of fine 

 specimens 69 to 75, girth 14 J to 16, or rarely 17 inches. 

 Coat in summer longer than in ammon; general colour of 

 upper-parts light speckled brown ; most or all of face, 



Fig. 33. — Skull and Horns of Pamir Argali {Ovis ammon poli). 



throat, chest, under-parts, buttocks, and legs white or 

 whitish, the white extending largely on to outer side of 

 thighs ; a blackish streak from nape to withers ; no distinct 

 throat-ruff. In winter the hair considerably longer, forming 

 a wdiite ruff on throat and chest and a darkish crest from 

 nape to withers ; upper-parts with a more or less rufescent 

 tinge, especially towards border of fawn area. In females, 

 which have no ruff, the front of the neck is brown in winter, 

 while in summer there is no dark stripe from nape to tail. 



79. 11. 21. 20. Frontlet and horns. Pamir; collected 

 by Lieut. Wood, E.N. Type of the race. 



Traiuf erred fro III India Museum, 1879. 



