The Sind Wild Goat 



the general rule in respect to the interval between 

 the horn-tips being comparatively small. 



The Sind race of the wild goat is an inhabitant of 

 the mountains of the country from which it takes its 

 name, as well as those of Baluchistan. In the eastern 

 districts of the last-named country it probably passes 

 imperceptibly into the Persian race. Whether the 

 wild goat of Afghanistan is identical with the Persian 

 or the Sind representative of the species^ is not 

 determined. 



In connection with the names ot the Sind wild goat 

 in its own country, it is interesting to note that one of 

 its titles is 7>r, which suggests affinity with "the term 

 7//r, applied to the wild goats of the Caucasus, and 

 likewise with Tahr^ the appellation of the Himalayan 

 representative of the short-horned goats. 



In Sind the wild goat inhabits more barren and less 

 wooded country than does its Persian representative, 

 and it appears to be found at no very great elevation 

 above the sea-level. Allowing for this difference, its 

 habits are probably very similar. 



THE SAKIN, OR ASIATIC IBEX 



{Ca-pra sihirica) 



Native Names. — Skin or Sakin (male), Dahrm or 



Danmo (female), Ladaki ; Kel^ Kashmiri ^ Tangrol 



IN KuLA ; Buz IN KuNAWAR ; Skin^ Balti. 



(Plate iv, figs. 2, la) 



The Asiatic or Siberian ibex is one of the handsomest 



of all wild goats, its long, sweeping, and boldly knotted 



horns being much thicker and more massive than those 



of the Arabian ibex, while they greatly exceed in 



length the horns of the Alpine ibex. Apart from the 



special characters of its several local races, the Asiatic 



ibex presents the following distinctive features. The 



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