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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



Head of Male Bharal. 



BHARAL (Ovis nahura). 



Having horns not unlike those of the East Caucasian tur, the 

 bharal, or blue sheep of Tibet, differs from the goats by the absence of 

 a beard and a strong odour in the males, and on account of these 

 and other points of difference from the goats is placed among the 

 sheep, of which group it forms a very aberrant member. The most 

 distinctive external features are the comparatively smooth and olive- 

 coloured horns, which curve at first outwards and then backwards from 

 the sides of the head, and the bluish gray colour of the thick fur 

 of the back and sides, the flanks, under parts, and legs being 

 handsomely marked with black and white. Height at shoulder about 

 36 inches; weight about 130 Ibs. In the complete absence of 

 glands on the face the bharal differs from the more typical sheep 

 and resembles the goats. 



Distribution. Tibet, from Hunza and Shigar, in Baltistan, and near 

 Sanju, south-east of Yarkand, to Moupin in Eastern Tibet, and 

 from the main axis of the Himalaya, or locally some distance south 

 of the same, to the Kuenlun and Altyn Tag ; in summer usually 

 met with at elevations between 14,000 and 16,000 feet, and 

 apparently never found below about 10,000 feet. 



