The Sakin, or Asiatic Ibex 



lighter than that of the Thian Shan race in winter, with 

 the face, forehead, neck-patch, a dorsal saddle, and the 



Fig. 1 6. — The Balti Race of the Asiatic Ibex, from a specimen in the 

 British Museum. 



hind side of the lower part of the legs dirty or creamy 

 white. The light saddle is intermediate in size between 

 that of the Thian Shan and that of the Balti race, and 

 much expanded in the middle over the flanks. The 



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