442 Mammatia OF INDIA. 
S1zE.—Height, about 46 inches. 
There is a life-like photograph of No. 1 variety in Kinloch’s ‘ Large 
Game of Thibet,’ and of No. 3 a very fine coloured plate in Wolf's 
folio of ‘ Zoological Sketches.’ 
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The markhor frequents steep and rocky ground above the forests in 
summer, but descending in the winter. I cannot do better than quote 
horned markhor to be one species, any more than the Himalayan and Sindh ibex. 
The animals differ much in size, habits, and coat, as well as in the shape of their 
horns. Mr. Sterndale considers that the markhor is probably the origin of some of 
our breeds of domestic goats, and states that he has seen tame goats with horns 
