The Mountain Sheep and Its Range 



but five sheep in the bunch, while in 1899 twenty 

 were counted. This information was very kindly 

 sent to me by Mr. C. H. Blanchard, at one time 

 of Silver City, but more recently of Salt Lake 

 City, in Utah. 



Mr. W. H. Holabird, formerly of Eddy, New 

 Mexico, but more recently of Los Angeles, Cal., 

 tells me that during the fall of 1896 a number of 

 splendid heads were brought into Eddy, N. M. 

 He is told that mountain sheep are quite numerous 

 in the rugged ridge of the Guadeloupe Mountains, 

 bands of from five to twelve being frequently seen. 

 As to California, he reports: "We have a good 

 many mountain sheep on the Isolated mountain 

 spurs putting out from the main ranges Into the 

 desert. I frequently hear of bands of two to ten, 

 but our laws protect them at all seasons." 



My friend, Mr. Herbert Brown, of Yuma, 

 Ariz., so well known as an enthusiastic and pains- 

 taking observer of natural history matters, has 

 kindly written me something as to the mountain 

 sheep in that Territory. He says: "Under the 

 game law of Arizona the killing of mountain 

 sheep is absolutely prohibited, but that does not 

 prevent their being killed. It does, however, pre- 

 vent their being killed for the market, and it was 

 killing for the market that threatened their extcr- 



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