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suring in their greater diameter from five to six 

 and a half inches, and from two and a half to three 

 feet in length around the curve. They are yellow 

 ish-white in color, and ridged transversely, like 

 those of the domestic rani. Their cross-section 

 near the base is somewhat triangular in outline, 

 and flattened toward the tip. Rising boldly from 

 the top of the head, they curve gently backward 

 and outward, then forward and outward, until 

 about three fourths of a circle is described, and 

 until the flattened, blunt tips are about two feet or 

 two and a half feet apart. Those of the female are 

 flattened throughout their entire length, are less 

 curved than those of the male, and much smaller, 

 measuring less than a foot along the curve. 



A ram and ewe that I obtained near the Modoc 

 lava-beds, to the northeast of Mount Shasta, mea 

 sured as follows : 



Bam. Ewe. 



ft. in. ft. in. 



Height at shoulders 36 30 



Girth around shoulders 3 11 3 3| 



Length from nose to root of tail 5 10J 4 3J 



Length of ears 4J 5 



Length of tail 4J 4J 



Length of horns around curve 29 11J 



Distance across from tip to tip of horns . . 2 5J 



Circumference of horns at base 14 06 



The^ measurements of a male obtained in the 

 Rocky Mountains by Audubon vary but little as 

 compared with the above. The weight of his speci 

 men was 344 pounds, 1 which is, perhaps, about an 



l Audubon and Baehman's "Quadrupeds of North America." 



