398 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 
The ARGALI SHEEP (Ovis ammon). 
In common with the following members of the genus Ovzvzs, this 
splendid sheep has the transverse wrinklings of the horns well developed, 
and glands present on the face, with pits for their reception in the 
skull. In the present species the horns of the adult rams are charac- 
terised by their large size and massiveness. The hind-quarters show 
a large amount of white, extending over the greater part of the thighs ; 
and in winter the throat may be furnished with a voluminous ruff of 
long white hairs, which disappears in summer. Height at shoulder 
reaching in some races to about 4 feet; weight of adult male about 
22 stone. 
Regarding all forms of big Central Asiatic sheep, or argalis, as 
races of a single species, they may be classified as follows :—(1) The 
Tibetan race, Ovzs ammon hodgsonz, of Tibet, with thick, massive horns, 
which do not form more than one complete circle, and have a maximum 
length of from 48h inches to 57 inches, and a girth of from 17 inches 
to 19 inches; (2) O. a. jubata, of Mongolia, nearly allied to the last, 
but insufficiently known; (3) O. a. typica, of the Altai, with the massive 
horns forming more than a complete circle, rounded in front, approxi- 
mated to the sides of the face, and having a maximum length of from 
59 inches to 62 inches, and a girth of from 18 inches to 20 inches ; 
(4) O. a. storckz, of south-eastern Kamchatka, distinguished by its small 
size; (5) O. a. sairensis, from the Saiar Mountains, with small but rela- 
tively massive horns, measuring from about 454 inches to 47 inches 
in length, and 144 inches to 154 inches in girth; (6) O. a. karelini, of 
the Alatau and adjacent parts of the Altai, with the horns more angu- 
lated in front than in O. a. typica, diverging more from the sides of the 
face, and having a maximum length ranging from 454 inches to 
49% inches, and a girth of about 16 inches ; (7) O. a. lettledalez, of the 
Tian Shan, with long, thin horns, of which the maximum length ranges 
from 55 inches to 58 inches, with a girth of 17 inches or a fraction 
more ; (8) O. a. xzgrimontana,a small outlying race from the Karatau of 
Bokhara, allied to “ttledalez ; (9) O. a. poli, of the Pamir, in which the 
horns are narrower and longer than in any of the other races, forming 
much more than one complete circle, with the front surface markedly 
angulated, and the maximum length ranging from 69 inches to 75 
inches, and the girth from 144 inches to 16 inches, or, rarely, 17 inches. 
Although the gradation in horn-characters may not be absolutely 
complete from the odgsonz to the polz type, it is sufficiently well 
marked to justify the view here taken of the mutual relationships of 
these wild sheep. 
