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to discover this new mountain sheep in the parched deserts 

 of Lower California. According to published descriptions of it 

 the horns are more slender and have a more outward twist 

 than those of the common bighorn. Of the other species which 

 inhabits the arctic regions of North-east Alaska, and more 

 particularly the Kenai Mountains, I know equally little from first 

 hand. It is called Ovis dallt, after Professor Dall, and is 

 distinguished, according to the published accounts, by a perfectly 

 white coat throughout the whole year. Mr. Dall de Weese, a 

 sportsman who visited the Kenai range in 1897 and 1898, was 

 lucky enough not only to kill several good specimens, but actually 

 to photograph the live beast in its home surroundings, a task of 

 extreme difficulty, as it is needless to point out. The best head he 

 obtained measured 41 in. in length and i^in. in girth, which 

 dimensions bear out his surmise that the horns of the O. dalli are 

 slimmer than those of the bighorn of the Rocky Mountains. This 

 is but in accordance with the geographical position of its home. For 

 there can be little doubt that it forms the connecting link between 

 the O. montana of North America and the O. nivicola of 

 Kamschatka, which is said to turn white in winter, and to be 

 possessed of horns a trifle more slender than those of the Rocky 

 Mountain bighorn ; indeed, Guillemard, who was one of the first to 

 describe the O. nivicola, declares it to be identical with the bighorn. 

 As I know nothing whatever of this new sheep from personal 

 observation, it would be worse than useless to occupy space with 

 idle theories. To readers interested in the Alaskan sheep, 

 Mr. Dall de Weese's illustrated account in the July, 1899, number of 

 Outing will prove very instructive reading. 



THE ANTELOPE OR PRONGBUCK 



(Antilocapra americana}. 



In a book devoted exclusively to the Pacific Slope, the antelope 

 and its chase need occupy but little space, for, though numbers of 

 them inhabit the southern portions of this region, its true home is 

 on the uplands of Montana, Wyoming, Dacota, and Colorado. 



