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200 head of mountain sheep in this country altogether. The 

 largest pair of horns known to Mr. Smith was secured by j\Ir. 

 John M. Philhps, the circumference being 18^4 inches at the base 

 when first killed. Unlike the deer, these sheep have their winter 

 and summer ranges within two or three miles of the same local- 

 ities. 



MOUNTAIN GOAT. 



With the possible exception of the mountain sheep none of 

 these animals compete with the mountain goat {Oreamnos iiioii- 

 tanns). Sheep and goats do not generally occupy the same moun- 

 tain tops. Certain mountains are celebrated for sheep, others for 

 goats. From the Elk Valley Smith notes that the goats range 

 a short distance south of the Montana line, west to the Selkirks, 

 southward into northern Idaho and northern Washington. They 

 are very abundant in the mountains surrounding the headwaters 

 of the Kootenay, White, Bull, Elk rivers. Among the young. 

 Smith observes two kinds ; one snow-white with very fine wool, 

 the other kind with dark brown or sandy colored tail and scat- 

 tering light brown hairs ranging up the back to the base of 

 the skull. Both are represented in the specimens which have 

 been sent to the New York Zoological Park, the male belonging 

 to the first varietv, the two females to the second variety. 



