OF INDIAN BIG GAME f 



1902 the present writer* described a sheep from the south- 

 east of Kulja, or Hi, in the Tian Shan, as 0. sairensis little- 

 dalei, a title subsequently changed to 0. ammon littledalei,^ 

 and he has hitherto been in doubt whether the Kashgarian 

 sheep should be referred to this race, to karelini, or to a 

 distinct form. A re-examination of the specimens in the 

 Museum (including a skin of littledalei obtained with the 

 type) has led to the conclusion that the Kashgarian sheep 

 represents a distinct race, for which the name of 0. ammon 

 humei is proposed; the type being a mounted ram in the 

 Museum, brought home by the Yarkand Mission, and 

 described by Brooke, \ with which the under-mentioned 

 pair of horns may be associated. 



. The following are the distinctive features of these races 

 (of which only the last is included in this Catalogue), from 

 specimens in the winter coats : 



0. a. littledalei. Horns (fig. 3) shorter and less expanded 



FIG. 3. SKULL AND HORNS OP KULJA AEGALI (Ovis ammon littledalei}. 



than in. poli, forming a little more than one complete turn. 

 Head brownish grey, with a nearly pure white muzzle; 

 throat-ruff pale yellowish fawn; general colour of upper- 

 parts (including nape) bright rufous fawn, rather darker on 

 middle of back, but no distinct dorsal line or flank-band; 

 thighs coloured like back ; no light rump-patch ; tail pale 

 yellowish fawn, with a whitish tinge ; fore-legs whitish grey 



* Proc. Zool. Soc., 1902, p. 83. 



f Lydekker, Field, vol. cxiii, D. 117, 1909, The Sheep and Its 

 Cousins, p. 277, 1912. 

 $ Op. cit., p. 513. 



