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28. 12. 10. 31. 59. Skull and horns, belonging to the 

 Kashmir or an allied race. Mushnai, Khagan, between 

 Kashmir and Afghanistan. 



B. Lahul Race. 

 Capra sibiriea niippii. 



Capra sibiriea filippii, Camerano, Atti Ac. Sci. Torino, vol. xlvL 

 p. 199, 1911. 



Distinguished from the Balti and allied races by horn- 

 characters. 



29. 12. 10. 31. 61. Skull and horns. Sutlej Valley 

 above Eampur. 



The following specimens may belong to this race : 



30. 12. 10. 31. 58. Skull and horns. Upper Shyok 

 Valley, Nubra, north of Leh ; collected by Mr. Ney Elias. 

 This, the best ibex-head in the collection, stands No. 39 in 

 Mr. Ward's list. The horns measure 48J inches in length 

 and 9| in girth, with a tip-to tip interval of 30J inches. The 

 record length for Asiatic ibex (Tian Shan race) is 58 inches. 



31. 12. 10. 31. 57. Skull and horns. Near Leh ; collected 

 by Mr. Elias. 



THE MARKHOR. 



CAPRA FALCONERI. 



-Sjgoceros (Capra) falconeri, Wagner, Munch, gelehrt. Anzeigei\ 

 vol. ix, p. 430, 1839. 



Capra falconeri, Wagner, in Hugel's Kasckmir, vol. iv, 579, 1848; 

 Blanford, Fauna Brit. India, Mamm. p. 505, 1891 ; Lydekker, 

 Wild Oxen, Sheep, and Goats, p. 286, 1898, Game Animals of 

 India, etc. p. 121, 1907; Ward, Becords of Big Game, ed. 6, 

 p. 360, 1910. 



All the forms of wild goats with the horns twisted in 

 screw-like or corkscrew-like fashion are included under this 

 specific title ; the variation in the shape of the horns being 

 taken for the basis of division into local races, at least some 

 of which appear to intergrade. 



