246 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 
BIGHORN SHEEP (Ovis canadensis). 
HEIGHT at shoulder about 3 feet 2 inches. 
This is by far the most numerous of the two varieties inhabiting 
the American continent. The female’s horns are very small in com- 
parison to those of the male, and seldom measure more than 15 inches 
on the curve from base to tip. Large horns of the male are now very 
difficult to obtain, and I have seldom of late years seen fresh killed 
specimens whose horns exceed 38 inches on the curve from base to tip. 
American sportsmen are very keen to obtain horns of large circum- 
ference, and as will be seen by the records here given, they seldom 
exceed 16 inches. 
Distribution—From the region of the Upper Missouri and Yellowstone 
to the Rocky Mountains, and on the high grounds adjacent to 
them on the eastern slope as far south as the Rio Grande. Said 
to be abundant on the Mauvaises Terres, but not found to any 
considerable distance east of the Black Hills. Westward it 
extends as far as the Cascade and coast ranges of Washington, 
Oregon, and California, following the highlands of the mountains 
some distance into Mexico (J. E. Harting in American Exhibition 
Catalogue). 
