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UNGULATES. 



distinctly knobbed horns, but there is a complete transition from this type to the 



Pyrenean form. 



During the greater portion of the year the males ot the bpanisn 



HabitS ' wild goat live apart from the females, and it is only during the 



breeding-season that the two sexes come together. Both sexes associate in flocks, 



the Spanish wild goat (^ nat. size). 



which may be very large, comprising at times from a hundred to a hundred and 

 fifty head. As a rule, the old bucks, heedless of snow and cold, reside on the most 

 exposed and highest peaks of the mountains ; but the does, especially in the late 

 spring, frequent the southern slopes, and in the depth of the winter will descend 

 even to the neighbourhood of the villages. When feeding or reposing, sentinels are 

 placed in commanding positions to apprise the flock of approaching danger, which 

 they do by means of a loud snort, upon which the whole company at once takes 



