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in length by 11 J in girth, with a tip-to-tip interval of 

 4J inches. The record horn-length is 39 inches. 



B. Punjab Urial. 

 Ovis vignei punjabiensis, nom. n. 



Ovis vignei cycloceros, Lydekker, Wild Oxen, Sheep, and Goats, 

 p. 172, Game Animals of India, etc. p. 101, 1907, The Sheep 

 and Its Cousins, p. 261, 1912; Ward, Records of Big Game, 

 ed. 6, p. 410, 1910 ; nee 0. cycloceros, Hutton. 



This race, the true urial, is a rather smaller and redder 

 sheep than the last, with the girth of the horns seldom 

 exceeding 10 inches. 



18. 12. 10. 31. 65. Skull and horns, Salt Eange, Punjab ; 

 shot by Mr. Hume. Length df horns 33J, girth 9, tip-to- 

 tip interval 12J inches. This is the second best urial 

 definitely known to be from the Salt Range in Mr. Ward's 

 list ; the horn-length in the best being 34 inches. 



C. Afghan Urial. 

 Ovis vignei eyeloeeros. 



Ovis cycloceros, Hutton, Calcutta Journ. Nat. Hist., vol. ii, p. 514, 



1842. 

 Ovis blanfordi, Hume, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. xlvi, pt. 2, 



p. 327, 1877. 

 Ovis vignei blanfordi, LydeJcJfer, Wild Oxen, Sheep, and Goats, p. 174, 



Ib98, Game Animals of India, etc. p. 100, 1907, The Sheep and 



Its Cousins, p. 264, 1912 ; Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, 



p. 410, 1910. 



In this race the horns (fig. 5) are thicker than in the 

 last, and tend to turn outwards at the tips, forming a more 

 open spiral than in the other races, and have the front angles 

 prominent and occasionally showing a beaded structure. 



The urial inhabiting Waziristan and the Trans-Indus 

 districts generally, as well as Baluchistan, are included in 

 this race. 



19. 12. 10. 31. 71. Skull and horns. Kelat, Baluchistan. 

 Type of blanfordi; collected by Dr. Duke. Length of 

 horns 34 J, girth 9, tip-to-tip interval 17 inches. 



20. 12. 10. 31. 66. Skull and horns (fig. 5). Haji 

 Khan, Kelat. Length of horns 37^, girth 10, tip-to-tip 



