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appearance of high horns; more exceptional types where the 
tips thrust at length almost horizontally outward, and where 
the tips do not turn outward at all. Every possible inter- 
mediate form of horns occurs between all these types. The 
horns of ewes, although generally more uniform, vary be- 
tween the narrow and diverging types.’’ According to 
Sheldon the common type of horns of the dalli-stonei group 
everywhere is the narrow type. ‘‘In regions where sheep 
are more abundant naturally there are more rams with large 
horns, and also, in most places, with a larger proportion of 
diverging horns.” 
The known distribution of Ovis stonet is shown approxi- 
mately in the accompanying map (p. 82). Southward they 
have been found near the head of the South Fork of Stikine 
to the Iskoot River, not far from the Nass River. The ex- 
treme southern and eastern range is not known. Sheldon 
suggests that it is probably between latitudes 56 and 57 
degrees, and west of longitude 122 degrees. 
In various parts of their range the black mountain sheep 
are to be found in abundance. They are reported to be 
very numerous in the mountains of the Cassiar district, 
which perhaps constitute their chief centre, and in 1915 
Mr. Williams, provincial game warden for British Columbia, 
reported that good bands were seen on several ranges that 
had almost been deserted for several years previously. 
East of Dease Lake they are also abundant. The flocks are 
often larger than those of the Rocky Mountain sheep. 
Large flocks may sometimes be found consisting of ewes and 
young rams. Except in the fall and winter the older rams 
separate from the ewes, as in the previous species, and they 
live apart in small flocks. The blackest specimens have 
been found north and south of Telegraph Creek, B. C. 
The inaccessible character of the greater portion of the 
range of this species prevents great reduction in its numbers 
either by hunters or Indians. The Cassiar region in which 
