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posteriorly, transversely sulcated, curving outwards and backwards 
from the skull, points divergent ; general colour above brownish- 
grey, beneath paler ; belly white ; beard short, of stiffish brownish 
hairs. 
Female.—Very similar to the male, but with the horns shorter (?). 
Hab. Ladakh, at an alt. of 12-14,000 feet (Speke) (Strachey). 
Mus. Brit., East India Company. 
This Wild Sheep inhabits the elevated regions of Ladakh, where 
it has been pursued and obtained by Capt. Speke, Capt. Strachey, 
and others since its discovery by Vigne. There are examples in the 
British Museum and in the collection of the East India Company, 
from the latter of which the figure is taken, being the specimen pro- 
cured in Ladakh by Capt. Strachey. 
2. Ovis cyctoceros. The Oorial. (Pl. LXXX.) 
“Wild Sheep of Hindoo Koosh, Capt. Hay, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 
ix. p. 440.—Ovis cycloceros, Hutton, Calcutta Journ. N. H. ii. 1842, 
p-514. pl. 19 (1842).—Ovis vignii, Blyth (partim) : Adams, P. Z.S. 
1858, p.526; Horsfield, Cat. Mus. E. I. C. p. 175 (spec. B.). 
Male.—Horns subtriangular, much compressed laterally and pos- 
teriorly, transversely sulcated ; curving outwards and returning in- 
wards towards the face, points convergent; general colour rufous- 
brown, face livid, side of mouth and chin white; belly, legs below 
the knees, and feet white; blotch on flanks, outside of legs, and 
strong lateral line blackish ; a profuse black beard from throat to 
breast, intermixed with some white hairs, reaching to the level of the 
knees. 
