14 Game of Europe, W. & N. Asia & America 



Museum specimen (p. 13) as the type of a race by itself. The British 

 Museum example is in the long winter coat, and thus differs considerably 

 from the description of the type specimen o'i stone i, which was in the short 

 summer dress. The photographs referred to above show the typical stonci 

 in the same condition as the British Museum specimen. 



Owing to its dark colour, and the sharp contrast of the white rump- 

 patch and abdomen to the back and sides, the North- Western bighorn is a 

 very striking and handsome animal ; it is sometimes known as the black 

 bighorn, to distinguish it from the white Alaskan race of the species. 



From the Rocky Mountain bighorn the present race is distinguishable 

 at a glance by the form of the horns of the adult rams. These are com- 

 paratively slender, with the front outer angle strongly keeled, and the tip 

 entire, sharply pointed, and directed largely outwards. The ears also are 

 very characteristic, being relatively small, short, and bluntly pointed. The 

 winter coat is lengthened on the crown of the head and along the nape of 

 the neck into a distinct mane. On the jaws and sides of the head the 

 colour of the hair at this season is dirty white, that of the mane being 

 greyish brown. Elsewhere on the neck the colour is a mixture of grey 

 and brown, which passes gradually into the dark brown of the body and 

 outer sides of the upper portion of the limbs. No distinct dark stripe is 

 noticeable on the middle of the back until the large white rump-patch is 

 reached, but this is divided into two by a narrow dark streak connecting 

 the brown of the back with that of the tail. The Hanks are marked by a 

 streak of blackish brown, which is sharply defined from the white of the 

 abdomen and the inner side and front of the thighs ; the same blackish 

 brown colour recurs on the front of the legs, which are elsewhere pure 

 white. The height is approximately the same as in the typical race. 



The above description is taken from the specimen in the British 

 Museum ; more recently killed examples would doubtless have the colours 

 intensified. 



