194 Miscellaneous Facts and Observations. 



Mr. E. Geoffroy, who has given some account, toge- 

 ther with a figure, of this animal, in the Annates du 

 Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle*, considers it as 

 a new species of Ovis. But the " Belier de Montagne," 

 as this naturalist calls it, is, unquestionably, the Ovis 

 Ammon. — Mr. Geoffroy's figure, with a few excep- 

 tions, may be considered as a very good one. The 

 same remark applies to the figure republished in the 

 Journal, from the work of Venegas. 



The Argali is called by the Knisteanaux- Indians, 

 M'j-attic, which signifies the " Bastard- Stag." Others 

 qf the Indians denominate it Ema-ki-ca-hoxv. 



A complete description of this North- American ani- 

 mal, with an account of its manners, food, period of 

 life, Sec, Sec, would be a very acceptable present to 

 Zoologists. 



2. Among the animals which Captains Lewis and 

 Clark met with, or of which they received specimens, 

 in their arduous journey, across the continent of North- 

 America, there is one which cannot fail to prove in- 

 teresting to the naturalist. It is a species of the genus 

 Antelope. The existence of this animal, as a native of 

 North- America, has been hinted at by several writers, 

 more than one hundred and fifty years ago. Its horn is 

 figured by A. Seba, in his Thesaurus, and a tolerably 



* Tom. II. p. 360, &c. 



