THE SPANISH ]%ILD GOAT 827 



is much darker around the nose and on the forehead and the back of the head; a 

 triangular patch on the back, a streak on the flanks, and the front of the limbs are 

 black; the upper lips, the cheeks, the sides of the throat, and the hinder surfaces of 

 the legs are grayish, and the remainder of 'the under parts are white. There is, 

 however, considerable variation in color according to the season of the year, and 





THE SPANISH WILD GOAT. 



(One-fifteenth natural size.) 



also a certain amount of local variation in this respect. The hair is much longer in 

 winter than in summer, and there is a thick, woolly under-fur. The height of the 

 animal is about twenty-six inches at the shoulder. Horns of old rams average 

 twenty-four or twenty-five inches, but may reach twenty-seven or twenty-eight 

 inches in length. 



