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GREAT GAME OE THE WORLD. 



OVIS HODGSONI. 



[Sir Victor Brooke, Bart., and Mr. B. Brooke, P.Z.S. 1875, p. 520]. 



Adult male, winter, Colebrooke collection. Obtained within 

 30 miles of Leh in the winter of 1873. 



Hair of body about 2 inches in length, coarse and close-set ; on 

 the sides and lower surface of the neck the hair is lengthened into a 

 long rich ruff-like mane of a snow-white colour. Along the median 

 line of the upper neck there is a narrow band of rather shorter hair, 

 which, however, is about twice as long as that on the body, and, being 

 continued as far back as the withers, forms a short dorsal mane ; 

 general colour of the body dark brown, mixed with grey ; anterior 

 parts of the face, belly, limbs below the carpi and tarsi internally, and 

 a small anal disk surrounding the tail and rump, dirty white ; cheeks 

 and forearms darker than the rest of the body; ears and tail short, 

 the latter with a narrow dark line along its upper surface ; horns 

 massive and rather short, their terminal curve being but slightly 

 developed. 



"Female, much paler than the male, with little or no mane. No 

 distinct anal disk. 



Range. — Little Thibet (Kinloch, &c.) ; Cachar region, Nepaul 



(Hodgson). 



Habitat — Nepal. 



