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interesting must have been the sight ot a tiock ot old rams crossing a 

 stream which Prince Demidoft records. 



" We had not been an hour watcliing them," he writes, " when, to my 

 joy, thev all got up one atter the other and crossed the stream in our 

 direction. Taba had foretold this, saying that the grazing was better on 

 our side. For some time we lay low, till the whole herd passed and 

 disappeared below us ; then we rushed down, hiding behind every rock, 

 and presently found ourselves within 250 yards of the animals, whom we 

 now saw feeding on the slopes under us. I was just on the point of 

 starting towards a small pinnacle, within easy rifle range of the herd, when 

 I noticed that they all of a sudden had become suspicious. A whiff of 

 wind had probably reached them, and in an instant they were off, making 

 back to the opposite side." 



It was shortly after that the whole flock dashed across the stream at 

 full gallop — a truly magnificent sight. 



THE MONGOLIAN ARGALI 



[Ov/s ammon jiihata) 



In regard to this race of the argali there is nothing to add to the brief 

 notice given in //7A/ Oxcn^ S/iccp, and Goats of All Lands, the purport of 

 which is as follows. It appears allied to the Tibetan argali (fully 

 described in the work cited), having horns of a similar type, and a large 

 rufl' on the throat, which, like the lower portion of the face, is yellowish 

 white. The rump-patch is of large size, including the whole of the tail, 

 and pure white in colour, as is the hinder surface of the legs. The habitat 

 of this race of the argali is Eastern Mongolia, to the northward of Pekin. 



A couple of years ago the writer saw at the establishment of Rowland 

 Ward, Ltd., some argali heads apparently referable to this form, but had 

 no opportunity of making a detailed examination of them. 



