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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



Head of Male European Muflon. 

 From a specimen in the British Museum, shot by Mr. F. G. Barclay. 



EUROPEAN MUFLON (Ovis musimon). 



The large light-coloured saddle on the otherwise dark summer coat 

 of the rams and the form of the horns are so distinctive of the species 

 that nothing in the way of description need be attempted in this place. 

 The horns of the rams curve forwards so as to have their tips below 

 the eyes, and are comparatively massive, with the wrinkles of a type 

 somewhat different from that obtaining in the Armenian sheep. Two 

 races appear recognisable, in one of which the ewes are hornless, while 

 in the other they have short horns. Height at shoulder about 27 

 inches. 

 Distribution. At the present day the islands of Sardinia and Corsica. 



Length on Circum- -p. ,,,. 

 front curve. ference. Tl P to Tl P' 



Locality. 



384 



34i 

 33* 



n^ Sardinia 

 i6| Do. 



9 Do. 



Owner. 



. Duke of Bedford. 

 . W. Moncreiffe. 

 M. Egerton. 



