OF INDIAN BIG GAME y 



girth 13f, and the tip-to-tip interval 46J inches. The record 

 length is 75 inches. 



14. 12. 10. 31. 74. Skull and horns. Same locality ; 

 collected by Mr. A. Dalgleish. 



15. 12. 10. 31.75. Skull and horns. Same locality; 

 collected hy Mr. Dalgleish. 



16. 12. 10. 31. 79. Skull and horns (fig. 4). Same 

 locality. 



FIG. 4. SKULL AND HORNS OF PAMIR ARGALI (Ovis ammonpoli). 



THE URIAL, OR SHA. 



OVIS VIGNEI. 



Ovis vignei, Blyth, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1840, p. 70 ; Blanford, Fauna 

 Brit. India, Mamm. p. 497, 1891 ; Lydekker, Wild Oxen, Sheep, 

 and Goats, p. 166, 1898, Game Animals of India, etc. p. 99, 

 1907, The Sheep and Its Cousins, p. 261, 1912 ; Ward, Records 

 of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 468, 1910. 



This species is represented by several local races, of which 

 three are represented in the collection, one of them having 

 been named by Mr. Hume. 



A. Astop and Ladak Uriah 

 Ovis vignei vignei. 



Although typically from the Astor district, where it is 

 known as urin, this race is taken to include the urial or sha 

 plural shapo of Ladak. 



17. 32. 10. 31. 99. Skull and horns. Near Leh, at an 

 elevation of 10,000 feet; collected by Mr. JSTey Elias, the 

 well-known Central Asian traveller. In this specimen, which 

 stands No. 4 in Mr. Ward's list, the horns measure 36 J inches 



