Game Animals of India, etc. 



eastward of Lake Baikal. This Sayansk ibex, or sakin, 

 is therefore Capra sibirica typica. In colour the whole 

 of the upper-parts is dirty yellowish white tending 

 to a purer white on the middle of the back ; on the 

 belly the hairs are brown, with bluish tips ; but the 

 forehead, a ring round each eye, the occiput, the ears, 

 and the sides of the neck are darker. There is a small 

 white line on the upper and a larger one on the lower 

 lip : a narrow dark dorsal stripe and also an indistinct 

 shoulder-stripe are present. The hind-legs are brown 

 in front and whitish on the outer side interiorly, and 

 there is some white on the hind side of the fore-toot 

 near the lateral hoofs. Old bucks sometimes become 

 almost wholly white. The absence of a distinct white 

 saddle is characteristic of this race. 



The ibex from the district known to Germans as 

 the Bia Altai, in the neighbourhood of Lake Telezko 

 (neither marked in the Times Atlas) has been named 

 C. sibirica fasciata. It is yellowish brown above, with a 

 dark spot on the lower lip at the angle of the mouth, 

 and a broad horizontal black band on the lower part of 

 the fore-leg ; there is a light patch on the back surface 

 of the lower portion of the hind-leg, and a distinct 

 whorl of hair on the outer side of the same ; the ears 

 are large and rounded — lighter inside than out — and the 

 eyes brownish red, instead of yellowish grey, as in the 

 next race. 



The Irtish ibex, or sakin, C. sibirica altaica^ is wholly 

 greyish brown in the summer coat, without a white 

 saddle or neck-patch. In the latter respect it seems to 

 agree with the typical race, from which it differs 

 somewhat in bodily form, the shape of the horns, and 

 colour. Cafe-au-lait brown is said to be its general 

 colour, with a dark dorsal stripe. The horns are light- 

 coloured, and strongly curved at the tips. This ibex 

 occurs at Tarbagatai. In the Katutay ibex, or sakin, 

 C. sibirica lydekkeri of the Katutay range of the Irtish 

 Altai, the general colour is umber -brown, slightly 



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