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horns are very like those of the Siberian argali, having the tront angles 

 rounded oft"; in the latter respect they come closer to Marco Polo's 

 sheep, but are much more massive than in that species. In immature 

 animals the front angles of the horns are much more distinct. The 

 typical specimens, v^^hich, as already said, are in the summer dress, are in 

 the British Museum ; and their general colour on the upper-parts is full 

 rufous brown, passing into blackish brown on the hinder part of the head, 

 the withers, loins, rump, tail, the outer side of the thighs, and the lower 

 surface of the body. With the exception of the muzzle, which is dirty 

 white, the face is greyish brown. The legs become gradually more and 

 more speckled with white, till from just above the knees and hocks 

 downwards they are entirely white. The sides of the head, neck, and 

 throat are speckled brownish grey, which passes into dirty white on the 

 middle of the chest. 



Such is the colour of the adult rams. Younger members of that sex 

 in the same dress are nearly uniform rufous brown all over, without any 

 trace of a white rump-patch. Ewes in the summer dress are also rutous 

 brown on the upper-parts, with a broad black dorsal streak running from 

 the back of the head to the loins, and expanding about the withers into 

 a patch ; the under surface of the body and the limbs being nearly white. 



In height the rams stand about 3 feet 2 inches. The horns of the 

 type specimen measure 46^ inches along the front curve, but their tips are 

 somewhat broken; the basal circumference is about 15J. inches, and the 

 interval between the tips 27 inches. 



In the early part of 1900 Mr. Walter Rothschild presented to the 

 British Museum the skulls and skins of a sheep which appeared to be 

 Ovis saircfisls in the winter coat. They were exhibited by the present writer 

 at a rneeting of the Zoological Society of London on 20th February of 

 that year. 



The skin of the ram is of a greyish-brown colour above, with a light 



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