i4 The National Collection 



Of goats and goat-like species represented in this collection, perhaps the 

 most remarkable horn-producer is the Suleiman Markhor (Plate IV, Fig. 5), 

 of Beluchistan, southern Asia. Its head is armed, and also conspicuously 





FIG. 14. WHITE MOUNTAIN GOAT 

 Mounted by Mr. Homer R. Dill 



ornamented, with a huge pair of horn gimlets 27 '/4 inches long, set on the head 

 like a letter V, 19 inches between tips. The spiral twist of each horn is reg- 

 ular and perfect, and a pronounced keel runs all the way from base to tip, 

 making two complete turns. This creature belongs to a group of three remark- 



