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Bighorn of this race are definitely known to occur in the peninsula of 

 Kamchatka to the east and in the Stanovoi Mountains to the west ot the Sea 

 ot Okhotsk, and they probably also inhabit the Chukchi country to the 

 north. Probably they also extend a considerable distance to the eastward in 

 Northern Siberia in the direction of the valley of the Yenisei, but how fir 

 is not yet ascertained. Moreover, there are reports to the effect that the 

 wild sheep of the Yenisei district shows characters connecting the true 

 Kamchatkan bighorn with the argali, so that it may not improbably prove 

 to be a distinct race. If so, the name borcalh is available for it. 



Some interesting observations on the habits of the Kamchatkan bighorn 

 are given by Dr. H. Guillemard in the Cruise of the Tacht '■^Marchesa^' 

 extracts from which are quoted in JVild Oxen, S/ieep, and Goats of All 

 hands. 



THE SCANDINAVIAN REINDEER 



{Kangifer tarandiis) 



(Plate I. Fig. 5) 



Reindeer are so totally different from all other living members of the 

 family Cervidie., that there can be no difficulty in recognising them at a 

 glance ; and since the characters by which they are distinguished from other 

 deer, as well as the features in which the different races differ from one 

 another, are detailed at considerable length in Deer of All Lands, they need 

 only be briefly referred to on the present occasion. And first with regard 

 to this question of races, as opposed to species. In the work just men- 

 tioned, all forms of reindeer are regarded as varieties, or local races, of a 

 single circumpolar species. American zoologists, on the other hand, con- 

 sider it advisable to rank such variations as distinct species ; Mr. O. Bangs ^ 



^ Proceedings New England Zoological Club, vol. i. p. 17 (1S99). 



