OF INDIAN BIG GAME 15 



A. Astor Markhor. 

 Capra faleoneri faleoneri. 



In this, the typical, race the horns form a more open 

 spiral and are more divergent than in any of the others ; 

 their length being also great, although not the maximum. 



32. 12. 10. 31. 55. Frontlet and horns (fig. 7). Astor. 

 In this specimen, which stands No. 43 in Mr. Ward's list, the 



FIG. 7. FRONTLET AND HORNS OF ASTOR MARKHOR (Capra faleoneri 



faleoneri). 

 From Ward's Records of Big Game. 



horns measure 49 inches in length along the curve, 35 inches 

 in a straight line, and 14 in girth, with a tip-to-tip interval 

 of 44 inches. 



33. 12. 10. 31. 54. Skull and horns, provisionally 

 referred to this race. In Mr. Hume's MS. list this specimen 

 is stated to come from Astor ; but in Mr. Ward's list, where 

 it stands No. 18, the locality on Mr. Hume's own statement 

 is given as uncertain. The horns measure 54^ inches along 

 the curve and 10J in girth, with a tip-to-tip interval of 

 26J inches. 



