CAPRINiE 113 



10. 1. 21. 1. Head, nioimted. British Columbia. 



Presented hy J. C. Cookseii, 1910. 



11. 3. 28. 2. Skin. Wiggins Fork, Big Wind Valley, 

 north-west Wyoming. 



Presented hy the Hon. Ij. 0. Kay-Shuttlevjorth, 1911 . 



B.— Ovis canadensis californiana. 



Ovis californianus, Douglas, Zool. Journ. vol. iv, p. 332, 1829. 



Ovis calif ornica, Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Amer. vol. i, p. 272, 1829 ; 



Severtzoiv, Trans. Sac. Nat. Moscotv, vol. viii, art. 1, p. 153, 1873. 

 Ovis californiana, Blytli, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1840, p. 77, Ann. Mag, Nat. 



Hist. ser. 1, vol. vii, p. 199, pi. v, 1841; Bidduljpli, Proc. Zool. 



Soc. 1885, p. 683 ; Hollister, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. xxv, 



p. 187, 1912. 

 Ovis cervina californiana, Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



vol. xxxi, p. 25, 1912 ; Grinnell, Univ. Calif. Zool. Pub. vol. x, 



p. 150, 1912. 

 Ovis canadensis californiana, LydelcTcer, The Sheep and Its Cousins, 



p. 288, 1912. 



Typical locality near Mount Adams, Yakima County, 

 Washington. 



Skull somewhat smaller than in canadensis, with horns 

 resembling those of stonei more than those of canadensis. 

 Horns much lighter than in canadensis, and about the size 

 and general shape of those of stonei, though less spreading, 

 and exhibiting the triangular cross section and flat front in a 

 marked degree. The upper cheek-teeth are, as compared with 

 those of canadensis, relatively large. 



The range formerly included the Cascade Mountains of 

 southern Washington and Oregon, as well as Mount Shasta 

 and the hilly country to the eastward in northern California. 



52. 9. 18. 5. Skull and horns. Near Mount Adams, 

 Cascade Eange ; collected by D. Douglas, Esq. Type. 



Purchased, 1852. 



C— Ovis canadensis auduboni. 



Ovis canadensis auduboni, Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 vol. xiv, p. 31, 1901 ; Lydekker, The Sheep and Its Cousins, 

 p. 289, 1912. 



Ovis cervina auduboni, Elliot, Synop. Mamui. N. Amer. {Zool. Publ. 

 Field Mus. vol. ii) Suppl. p. 484, 1901, Chech-List. Mamm. 

 N. Amer. etc. {Zool. Publ. Field Mks. vol. vi) p. 53, 1905 ; Stone 

 and Cram, Amer. Mamm. p. 64, 1903; Allen, Bidl. Amer. Mus. 

 Nat. Hist. vol. xxxi, p. 26, 1912. 



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