Kamchatkan Biorhorn 



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ot the legs is smaller than the latter. The skull is characterised by its 

 shortness and breadth, as well as by the unusual prominence of the rims 

 of the sockets of the eyes. 



The total of these characters is amply sufficient to differentiate the 

 Kamchatkan bighorn from all its kindred. It may, however, be added 

 that the general colour of the upper-parts, both in summer and early 

 winter, is grizzled greyish brown, the grey tint being more noticeable on 

 the head and neck than elsewhere. The front of the legs, the stripe down 



Fin. 6. — The " Record " Kamchatkan Bighorn Skull and Horns. Length of horns 39 inches. 



Shot by Prince DcmidofF. 



the back, and a patch on the forehead below the eyes are a rich dark 

 brown. White occurs in the same areas as in the other bighorns. 



It is stated in JVihi Oxen, S/icep, ami Goats that there is a pure white 

 bighorn head from Kamchatka in the Museum at Tring Park ; and certain 

 suggestions are there made in regard to some of the Kamchatkan bighorn 

 turning white in winter. Nothing more appears, however, to have been 

 ascertained with regard to the occurrence of white bighorn in Kamchatka, 

 and the subject remains at present a mystery. It is certain that, at least as 

 a rule, the bighorn seen on the coast in early winter are brown. 



