The National Collection 



base, and GVi inches at the tip. The length is 40 1 /-. inches, and the weight of the 

 clean skull and horns, fully dry, is 38 pounds. 



Next in rarity, but equaled by few sheep heads in beauty of pelage and 

 mounting, is a good example of the little-known Black Sheep, Oris stonei 



FIG. 1. ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIG-HORN 

 Obtained at Banff', B. C., by Mr. G. O. Shields 



(Plate III, Fig. 4), of northern British Columbia. This handsome specimen 

 was shot in the Schesley Mountains, forty-five miles north of the Stickine 

 River, by Mr. J. R. Bradley, for the writer's collection, and it was mounted by 

 Mr. John Murgatroyd. The horns measure 14 ] /i> inches in circumference, 

 length 34, and spread 23 x /2 inches. 



