1894. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Dr. Abbott obtained skins of two Isabelline bears. Both bears were 

 taken in spring, were very tliin, and liad two cubs with tliem. He 

 gives the following dimensions (and the weight) : 



Measureiueuts and weight. 



21691, '^, 



Nag 

 Marg . a 



21692, $ , 



Krishna- 



gunga 



range, b 



Inches. 



Length of head and bodj- in straight line . . 

 Length of head and body along the curves. 



Length of tail vertebra-' 



Length of tail, with hairs 



Girth of chest 



Girth of belly 



Height at shoulder 



Weight. 



Pounds. 



170 



Pounds. 

 130-140 



a The measurements of this specimen are from the skinned carcass. The fol- 

 lowing from the unskinned animal are too small, as it was in nV/oc mortis when 

 measured and could not be properly stretched out : 



Total length along curves 5!l. inches. 



Length of tail with hair 4. 5 inches. 



Girth of chest 49. inches. 



Height at shoulder 28. 5 inches. 



Height at rump 27. ."> inches. 



h Dr. Abbott remarks that the bear could not bo well sti-etchcd out and that the 

 length is too short and the height (29 inc'hes) too great. 



?nU^' i'emale. Nag Marg, Kashmir. May 16, 1893. 



§Bii9j' Male. Krislinagunga rauge, Kushiiiir, April 26, 1893. 



26397. Male, jr. Krishuagimga Valley, Kashmir, April 26, 1893 (.skull). 



0VI8 V1GNP:1, Blyth. 



Tlie .skins of three male sheep were obtained. So far as regards the 

 lionis, they agree perfectly with the descriptions of 0. viyiiei. In colo- 

 ration, however, they seem to approach 0. eyclocero.s. The general color 

 is rufous brown, the short beard is made up of very dark brown and 

 white hairs mingled, the legs below the knees and hocks are entirely 

 white (though more or less stained from the soil), and the muzzle is 

 also white. There is a distinct dark lateral line in the adults, termina- 

 ting anteriorly in one case in a rather broad blotch. It will be seen 

 that in many of these particulars the coloration of these skins diflers 

 from the original description by Blyth,* who, however, as Dr. Sclater 

 has remarked, apparently had Oris i-i/cloceros also in mind. Blyth's des- 

 cription was taken from a painting (by Vigne). He states among other 

 things that the muzzle is not white and that the limbs are brown. In 

 repeating this description, however, in the Annals and Magazine of 

 Natural Historyt he adds a footnote, in which he gives the characters 

 of some specimens from the Hindu Kush Mountains, "identified by 

 jNIr. Vigne as, without doubt, the same as 0. luV/ue/." In this descrip- 

 tion he emphasizes the tact that the muzzle is white, and states in addi- 

 tion that the limbs are covered with short white hair and that the 

 belly is also white. 



* Proo. Zool. Soc, London, 1840, p. 70. 



tVol. 7, 1841, pp. 251-253. 



