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of the hairs ; back of legs light-coloured, in some specimens 

 nearly white. In summer the general colour reddish Ijrown 

 fawn, tending to grey on head, a distinct liglit neck-patch 

 and saddle, which may ])e nearly white, and hind surface of 

 limbs whitish. Horns A'ery long and relatively slender, 

 with comparatively small knots, and the tip-to-tip interval 

 generally small (not so in the head here figured) Fine 

 horns measure from o4 to 58 inches along front curve, with 

 a girth of from lOj to llf inches, and a tip-to-tip interval 

 ranging from 24 to 44^ inches. In one specimen of 

 58 inches the tip-to-tip interval is 44i, wliile in another of 

 57i it is only 24 inches. 



2. 1. 12. 1. Skin, in summer coat, mounted, of a ten-year 

 old buck. Xear Kulja. 



Presented hj P. V. Van der Byl, Esq., 1902. 



2. 3. 9. 4. Head, mounted, of a twelve-year old Ijuck 

 (fig. 38). Length of horns 50f, girth 1^, tip-to-tip interval 

 35^ inches. Xear Kulja. 



Presented hy St. George Littledcde, Esq., 1902. 



2. 3. 9. 3. Skin, in summer coat. Lower Kok-su, Tian 

 Shan. There is a distinct dorsal stripe, and a moderate sized 

 whitish saddle patch. 



Presented hy St. George Zittleelede, Esq., 1902. 



2. 3. 9. 5. Skull, with horns. Near Kulja. Sccine history. 



13. 2. 6. 2. Body-skin, summer coat, Xear Kulja 



Presented hy Col. J. H. Ahhot Anderson, 1913. 



G. — Capra sibirica merzbacheri. 



Capra sibirica merzbacheri, Leisewitz, Zool. Anz. vol. xxix, p. 654, 

 1906 ; Lorenz, DenJcs. K. Ak. Wiss. Wien, vol. Ixxx, p. 89, 1906 ; 

 LydeTxTicr, Game Animals of India, etc. p. 118, 1907. 



Typical locality central Tian Shan, inclusive of the 

 Xaryn district. 



Stated to differ from edmasyi by the lighter tone of the 

 dark areas, the more distinctly defined dorsal saddle, and 

 the much shorter, more divergent, and more heavily knotted 

 horns. 



No specimen in collection. 



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