120 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



L.— Ovis canadensis stonei. 



Ovis stonei, Allen, Bull. Amei'. Nat. Hist. vol. ix, p. Ill, pis. ii, iii, 



1897, ihid. vol. xii, p. 2, 1899 ; Nelsoyi, Nation. Geogr. Mag. 



vol. ix, p. 128, 1898 ; Stone, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. vol. 



xiii, p. 42, 1900 ; Hornaday, 5th Bep. N. York Zooh Sac. 1900, 



p. 97, 1901 ; Stone and Cram, Amer. Mamm. p. 64, 1903 ; Preble, 



N. Amer. Fauna, No. 27, p. 156, 1908. 

 Ovis canadensis stonei, Lydel-Jier, Wild Oxen, Sheep, and Goats, 



p. 217, 1898, Great and Small Game of Europe, etc. p. 12, 1901, 



The Sheep and Its Cousins, p. 294, 1912 ; Ward, Becords of Big 



Game, ed. 6, p. 395, 1910. 

 (?) Ovis liardensis, LydehTcer, Wild Oxen, Sheep, and Goats, p. 215, 



fig. 41, 1898. 

 Ovis dalli stonei, Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. vol. xxxi, p. 28, 



1912. 



Typical locality Chioni Mountains, northern British 

 Columbia. 



Closely allied to dalli, but the horns rather more diver- 

 gent, the coat shorter and more compact, and the general 

 colour, when adult, some shade of greyish or blackish brown, 

 with, in the lighter phases, a full black dorsal stripe, 

 extending to the tip of the tail. Face greyish ; rump-patch, 

 hind portion of lower surface of body, and parts of hind 

 surface of legs white. 



The range includes northern British Columbia, eastward 

 of long. 130'' W. ; further north this race passes imperceptibly 

 into fannini. 



52. 5. 9. 2. Skin, mounted. Liard Valley, Canada. 

 Type of liardensis, but apparently not really separable from 

 present race. Presented hj Dr. J. Bae, 1852. 



5. 11. 23. 1. Skin, mounted. Stichin Valley. 



Presented hy David T. Hanhury, Esq., 1905. 



M.— Ovis canadensis cowani. 



Ovis cowani, Bothschild, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1907, p. 238. 



Typical locality Mt. Neve, Logan, British Columbia. 



Stated to differ from stonei in being wdioUy deep black 

 above, with the exception of the white rump-patch, which is 

 smaller, and the grey face. 



No specimen in collection. 



