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79. 11. 21. 34. Skull, with horns. Himalaya. 



Transferred from India Mnseum, 1879. 

 45. 1. 8. 184. Skull, with horns, female. Nepal. 



F resented hy B. H. Hodgson, Esq., 1845. 

 45. 1. 8. ] 85. Skull, young. Nepal. Same liistory. 



45. 1. 12. 466. Skeleton, wanting skull. Nepal. 



Same liistory. 

 45. 1. 12. 466, a. Skeleton, immature, wanting skull. 



Same liistory. 

 62. 3. 19. 6. Skeleton, menagerie specimen. 



Presented hy the Zoological Society, 1862. 

 88. 3. 20. 13. Horns. Chinab Valley, Cliumba. 



Presented hy R. Lydekher, Esq., 1888. 

 Horns. Nepal. 



Presented hy B. H. Hodgson, Esq., 1845. 



Horns, female. Nepal. Same history. 



Horns, young. Nepal. Same history. 



. Locality unknown. Purchased {Argent). 



Horns. Himalaya. 



Transferred from India Museum, 1879. 

 , Himalaya. No history. 



Himalaya. In collection in 1838. 



Horns, female. Himalaya. 



Purchased, 1838. 



II. HEMITEAGUS JAYAKAEI. 



Hemitragus jayakari, Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, vol. xiii, 

 p. 365, 1894, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1894, p. 452, pi. xxxi ; Ward, 

 Becords of Big Game, p. 284, 1896, ed. 6, p. 357, 1910 ; LydeJcJcer, 

 Wild Oxen, Sheep, and Goats, p. 301, 1898, Great and Small 

 Game of Europe, etc. p. 174, 1901. 



Arabian Tahr. 



Typical locality Jehel Taw, Oman, south-east Arabia. 



Size small (shoulder-height about 24J inches), and build 

 relatively slender. Horns relatively longer, more slender, 

 less strongly ridged on sides, and less knotted on front keel 

 than in typical species. Hair coarse, shaggy, and brittle, 

 shorter, and not developed into a mane covering the whole 

 of fore-quarters ; general colour pale sandy or whitish brown, 

 with black tips to hairs of dorsal crest ; face, lower part of 



