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feral, appears to be from a species not yet described. 

 Capra jael, nobis, is, we think, identical with C Nu- 

 biana, F. Cuvier ; Sinaitica of Ehrenberg, Arabica 

 of Riippel, and Sedan of Wagner. Capra Walie 

 of the snowy peaks of Abyssinia. C. Jharal may 

 turn out to be identical with C. Jemlahica. The 

 Neelgherry Ibex is not yet described. 



The genus Ovis has been the subject of special 

 investigation by Mr Blyth, and is divided by him 

 into two sub-genera: Ovis proper containing the 

 species ; Ovis Polii, the Rass or Kuss of the Pamere 

 table land : 0. montana, or our 0. pygargus, O. am- 

 mon, 0. nivicola, Eschscholtz, 0. Californica, 0. 

 Nahoor, 0. Burrkel, O. cylindricornis, 0. Gmellinii, 

 O. Vignei, 0. musimon, 0. ophion^ 0. aries. Here 

 he places Ixalus probaton, Ogilby, which we con- 

 sider to be an imperfect Aplocerus mazama, No. 865, 

 Synopsis of Griffith's Cuvier. 



In the second sub-genus AMMOTRAGUS he places 

 the Tragdaphus aoudad, or Bearded Sheep, Kebsch 

 of the ancient Egyptians ? which, according to our 

 arrangement, being intermediate, should form the 

 first, as more nearly allied to Capra than the rest of 

 the genus Ovis*. 



Beyond these we continue the classification of 

 the greater ruminants, formerly arranged with an- 



* See Zoological Transactions, July, 1840, p. 77. It may 

 be proper to .add, tliat in Griffith's Cuvier, the plate repre- 

 senting Tragelaplius is, by mistake, named Capra Joela, or 

 Abyssinian Ibex. 



