16 CATALOGUE OF THE HUME BEQUEST 



B. Pir-Panjal Markhor. 

 Capra falconer! eashmiriensis. 



Capra falconer! eashmiriensis, LydeJclcer, Wild Oxen, Sheep, and 

 Goats, p. 290, 1898, Game Animals of India, etc. p. 124, 1907 ; 

 Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 360, 1910. 



FIG. 8. SKULL AND HORNS OF PIR-PANJAL MAEKHOB (Capra 



falconeri eashmiriensis). 

 From Ward's Records of Big Game. 



The horns form a less open spiral than in the typical 

 race, and in fine examples show two complete turns. There 

 is probably a gradation from this race to the Astor markhor 



