Game Animals of India, etc. 



horns are extraordinarily massive, with very large 

 knots. 



The Kobdo ibex, C. sibirica hagenhecki^ appears to be 

 widely distributed in Northern Mongolia, and is of a 

 pale breadcrust-brown colour, without a light saddle, 

 and specially characterised by the presence ot a callosity 

 on the knee-joint. The horns have a curvature similar 

 to those of the typical race, but the knots in the middle 

 are larger and more approximated ; while there are 

 also differences in their contour. 



The Thian Shan ibex, which ranges southward to 

 Lake Issik Kul and Kuldja, is named C. sibirica almasyi ; 

 it is represented in the British Museum by specimens 

 killed at Kuldja by Messrs. Vander-Byl and Littledale. 

 It is lighter-coloured than C. sibirica lydekkeri^ with a 

 broader white saddle and much larger horns, which 

 display several peculiarities. 



The ibex of the Central Thian Shan, in the 

 neighbourhood ot Naryn, which has been separated as 

 C. sibirica merzbackeri^ is stated to differ from the last 

 by the lighter colour of the dark areas, the more 

 distinctly defined dorsal saddle, and the much shorter, 

 more divergent, and more heavily knotted horns. 



More information is required with regard to the 

 ibex of Tashkent and the Kara-kul, for the former of 

 which the name of C. sibirica alaiana and for the latter 

 that of C. sibirica transaliana have been proposed. The 

 former is said to be rufous in winter, and in summer to 

 lack the white saddle ; but both these features are 

 probably based on error, as rufous is the summer and 

 grey the winter tint of all these ibex. Probably the 

 two are identical ; but if they indicate a distinct race, 

 the former name stands. 



The Balti ibex, C. sibirica wardi (fig. i6), is a 

 well-defined race, characterised by its dark colour, and 

 the large white saddle, separated only by a narrow dark 

 band from the white neck-patch. In point of size the 

 saddle is intermediate between the relatively small one 



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