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in front to knee, where there is a yellowish patch ; hind-legs 

 whitish grey in front nearly to hoofs, above which they are 

 light fawn ; throat-ruff coloured much like tail. 



0. a. karelini* Horns f of the general type of littledalei, 

 but rather heavier. Head pale fawn on forehead and cheeks, 

 shading into white on muzzle ; throat-ruff white, shaded with 

 grey ; general colour light brown, becoming lighter towards 

 tail, where it is greyish white ; a distinct dark dorsal streak 

 and broad flank-band ; a rather small white rump-patch, 

 which includes the white tail ; hind surface of thighs white, 

 gradually shading into fawn of fore part of sides of same ; 

 upper part of fore-legs to knees, and lines on outer and 

 inner sides of hind-legs to hoofs pale fawn ; under-parts 

 yellowish white. 



0. a. Jiumei. Horns f more or less of the littledalei type, 

 but with the outer front edge rounded in adults. Head 

 greyish brown above and at sides, but whitish on most of 

 face; back brownish grey, without dark dorsal streak, and 

 no distinct flank-band ; under-parts, limbs (including whole 

 of thighs), a large rump-patch, and tail pure white. 



12. 12. 10. 31. 87. Frontlet and horns, apparently 

 belonging to an immature individual. Paratype. Tian Shan, 

 north of the Maralbashi Forest ; collected by Mr. A. Dalgleish. 

 Length along outer curve 47, girth 13, tip-to-tip 40 inches. 



C. Pamir Arg-ali. 

 Ovis ammon poll. 



Ovis poll, Blyth, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1840, p. 62 (polii) ; Blanford, Fauna 

 Brit. India, Mamm. p. 496, 1891 ; Lydekker, Wild Oxen, Sheep, 

 and Goats, p. 188, 1898, Game Animals of India, etc. p. 89, 1907. 



Ovis ammon poli, LydeTcker, Field, vol. cxiii. p. 117, 1909, The Sheep 

 and Its Cousins, p. 282, 1912 ; Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, 

 p. 405, 1910. 



13. 12. 10. 31. 76. Skull and horns (fig. 4). Valley 

 between Little and Great Pamir. In this head, which stands 

 No. 17 in Mr. Ward's list, the length of the horns is 66J, the 



* Severtzow, Trans. Soc. Nat. Moscow, vol. viii, pi. 1, 1873. 

 f The Sheep and Its Cousins, pi. xxii, fig. 1. 

 j Brooke, op. cit., p. 512, figs. 2, 3. 



