116 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



G.— Ovis canadensis mexicana. 



Ovis niexicanus, Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. xiv, 



p. 30, 1901 ; Hornaday, 5th Bep. N. York Zool. Soc. 1900, p. 120, 



1901; Stone and Cram, Amer. Mamm. p. 64, 1903; Bailey, 



N. Amer. Fauna, No. 25, p. 70, 1905. 

 Ovis canadensis mexicanus, Lydekher, Great and Small Game of 



Euro])e, etc. p. 11, 1901 ; Mearns, Mamm. U.S. and Mex. Bou7id. 



Surv. vol. i, p. 232, 1907. 

 Ovis cervina mexicanus, Elliot, Mamm. Mid. Amer. {Zool. Puhl. 



Field Mus. vol. v) p. 86, 1904, Check-List Mamm. N. Amer. 



{Zool. Pub. Field Mus. vol. vi) p. 54, 1905. 



Ovis cervina mexicana, Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. vol. xxxi, 



p. 26, 1912. 

 Ovis canadensis mexicana, Lydekker, The SheejJ and Its Cousins, 



p. 289, 1912. 



Typical locality region round Lake Santa Marta, Cliiliualma, 

 Mexico. 



A large sheep, lighter in colour than the typical race, 

 but with the same arrangement of tints ; ears much larger, 

 tail slightly longer, and cheek-teeth larger. General colour 

 drab-brown, without dorsal stripe ; rump-patch relatively 

 broad ; throat, legs, and tail darker than back ; chin and 

 inner and hind surfaces of hind-legs white. General colour 

 said to be intermediate between that of canadensis and 

 nelsoni. Skull with frontal region less concave, and horns 

 longer and less massive than in former. 



The range includes the mountains of northern Chihuahua, 

 the extreme west of Texas, southern New Mexico, and the 

 south of Arizona. 



2. 8. 72. 1. Skull, with horns, and skin. Chihuahua, 

 Mexico. Purchased, 1902. 



H.— Ovis canadensis gfaillardi. 



Ovis canadensis gaillardi, Mearns, Mamm. U.S. and Mexican Bound. 



Surv. vol. i, p. 240, 1907 ; Lydekker, The Sheej) and Its Cousins, 



p. 291, 1912. 

 Ovis cervina gaillardi, Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. vol. xxxi, 



p. 27, 1912. 



Typical locality Gila Mountains between Tinajas Altas 

 and the Mexican boundary line in Yuma County, Arizona. 

 Allied to mexicana, but with the ears still longer 



