CAPRINE 121 



N. — Ovis canadensis nivicola. 



Ovis nivicola, Eschscholtz, Zool. Atlas, p. i, pi. i, 1829; Severtzow, 

 Trans. Soc. Nat. Moscoiu, vol. viii, art. 2, pp. 86, 153, 1873, Ann. 

 Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xviii, p. 208, 1876 ; BrooA-e, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 521 ; Gnillemard, ibid. 1885, p. 675 ; Biddulph, 

 ibid. p. 679 ; Ward, Records of Big Game, p. 249, 1896. 



Ovis inontanus, Middendorff, Reise Zool. p. 116, 1851, nee Schreber. 



Ovis canadensis nivicola, LydeJiA'er, Wild Oxen, Sheep, and Goats, 

 p. 221, pi. xxiiA, The Sheep and Its Cousins, p. 297, 1912; Ward, 

 Records of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 396, 1912. 



Typical locality eastern Kamchatka. 

 General characters very similar to those of dalli and 

 stonei, but ears still shorter, blunter, and more thickly haired, 

 a shorter face, longer coat, and relatively small rump-patch ; 

 general colour slaty grey, or grey-fawn. Good horns measure 

 from 34 to 39i inches in length, and from ISJ to 14J in 

 girth. 



83. 2. 10. 2. Skin, mounted. Near Petropaulski, Kam- 

 chatka ; collected by Dr. Dybowski. Also skull of same 

 specimen. Purchased, 1883. 



1. 11. 22. 3. Skin, mounted (winter coat). Kamchatka. 

 Pi'esented hy St. George Littledale, Esq.^ 1901. 

 1. 11. 22. 4. Skull, with horns. Kamchatka. 



Same history. 

 1. 11. 22. 5. Skull, with horns. Kamchatka. 



Same history. 

 1. 11. 22. 6. Skull, wdth horns, female. Kamchatka. 



Same history. 

 88. 2. 20. 19. Skull, with horns. Kamchatka. 



By exchange with St. Petershiirg Museum, 1888. 

 88. 2. 20. 20. Skull, with horns. Kamchatka. 



Same history. 

 0. 10. 10. 4. Skin. Kamchatka. 



Presented hy St. George Littledale, Esq., 1900. 



0.— Ovis canadensis borealis. 



Ovis borealis, Sevcrtzow, Trans. Soc. Nat. Moscow, vol. viii, art. 2, 

 p. 153, 1873; Peters, Monatsber. AJc. Berlin, 1876, p. 180; Bimge 

 and Toll, Exped. Neusibir. Inseln iind Jena-Lande, p. 34, 1886; 

 Nehring, Tundren und Steppen, p. 36, 1890; Allen, Bull. Amer. 

 Mus. Nat. Hist. vol. xx, p. 293, 1904 ; Matschie, Appendix to 

 P. Niedieck's Kreuzfahrten im Beringmeer, p. 236, 1907. 



