Kamchatkan Biorhorn 21 



" The tail is similar in colour to the body, but much darker, and a 

 thin line of dark-brown hair connects it with the grey mass of the body. 

 The white rump-patch is similar to that of Ovis montana [^canac/t'ns/s], but 

 covers a smaller area." 



The thick and long coat is described as being somewhat finer than that 

 of the Rocky Mountain bighorn. The horns are of the same amber - 

 yellow as those of the white Alaskan bighorn. The shoulder-height of 

 the type specimen is 34 inches. 



Precise information with regard to the distributional area of this sheep 

 is still required, although it is known to inhabit some portions of the 

 ranges west of the Yukon between Selkirk and Forty-mile River. On 

 the map of the distribution of the various American races of the bighorn 

 accompanying Mr. Hornaday's paper, the habitat of the present form lies 

 between the distributional areas of the black North-Western and the white 

 Alaskan bighorns. So tar as it goes, this is suggestive of the present form, 

 being a hybrid between those two races ; and this is confirmed by its 

 apparently small numbers. For this reason the right ot the Yukon big- 

 horn to rank as a distinct race is here regarded as provisional. 



THE KAMCHATKAN BIGHORN 



(^Ovis canadensis nhncohi) 



(Plate I. Fig. 2) 



The relatively small dimensions of the white rump-patch differentiate 

 the Kamchatkan bighorn from its American relatives ; and this circumstance 

 to the minds of many zoologists would doubtless justify its separation as a 

 distinct species, even if all the American forms were included under a 

 single specific title. The horns and ears of the Kamchatkan animal are, 



