The Markhor 



given length of horn measured straight from base to 

 tip. In this respect they are to the Pir Panjal and 

 Astor races what the Suleman Range ones are to those 



Fig. 19. — Horns of Gilgit (?) Markhor, from a specimen in the collection of 

 Mr. A. O. Hume. 



of the Cabul mountains. The horns make a regular 

 V, broader or narrower, but the tip-to-tip measurement 

 never, I believe, exceeds the length straight, and usually, 

 I think, falls at least one-sixth short of this. The 



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