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Exclusive of the very iinpertectly known C. sihiricn i/oin'crgnci^ the 

 local races or varieties ot the Asiatic ibex may be distinguished as follows, 

 the characters being in all cases taken from specimens in the winter 



dress : — 



1. Cdpra iihinca typica. — Coat, at least in many cases, uniformly brown, 

 without anv liirht saddle : hinder surface of leo;s below knees and hocks 

 white. Thian Shan Ran"e and Siberia. 



2. Ctipra stbirica lydckkcr'i. — A bullish- white patch on the neck 

 separated by a considerable interval from a comparatively small saddle of 

 the same colour bisected by a brown dorsal streak ; legs brown, as are the 

 flanks and most ot the rest of the upper-parts ; in type specimen thighs and 

 hinder surface of upper portion of hind-limbs lightish. Katutay Range 

 and Irtish Valley. 



3. Capra sibirica -n-ardi. — Buffish white saddle larger than in the 

 preceding, and separated by a smaller interval from the neck-patch ; rest 

 ot body and legs dark brown, but in some cases a certain amount of white 

 on the hinder surtace of the lower part of the legs ; tail brown. Dorsal 

 streak, as in preceding, very strongly marked. Baltistan. 



4. (/'. sihinca sacin. — Nearly the whole of the upper-parts buffish 

 white with only a faint light brown dorsal streak ; a narrow band along 

 each flank, the shoulders and thighs, together with the neck and head, 

 light brown ; legs dark brown, golden behind ; tail blackish. Mountains 

 bordering the valley of Kashmir, except on the southern side, and probably 

 their south-eastern continuation. 



It is noteworthy that the nearly wliite Kashmir race inhabits that 

 portion ot the Himalaya which has the heaviest snowfall. 



