236 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 
Astor variety. 
MARKHOR (Capra falconeri), from Astor and Baltistan. 
Do. (Capra megaceros), from near Cabul. 
Mr. Blanford says: “ Throughout the Lowde no species varies to 
so great an extent in the form of the horns as the Markhor, and those 
who have seen but two or three varieties naturally regard them as 
belonging to distinct species. . . . It is true that heads from one locality 
are, as a rule, similar to each other, but when a series from various places 
is examined it appears to me impossible to draw a line between the 
different types. 
An old Gilgit male measured by Col. J. Biddulph was 38°5 inches 
high, and 55 inches between the horns to the root of tail. 
WEIGHT, about 240 lbs. (Major A. E. Ward); do. 184 and 204 lbs. 
(Lieut. H. M. Biddulph). HEIGHT at shoulder of specimen shot at 
Kaj-nag, Kashmir, measured by Lieut.-Col. H. Wade-Dalton, 34 inches ; 
do. Lieut. H. M. Biddulph, 38, 40, and 41 inches. 
Distribution—The Pir Panjal Ranges south of Kashmir (not east of the 
Chenab), and the ranges of Baltistan, Astor, and Gilgit to the 
north. Hazara, and many of the hill ranges of Afghanistan, 
amongst others the Suleman Range as far south as Gendari Hill, 
near Mithankot ; also Takatu and Chehiltan, near Quetta (W. T. 
Blanford). 
