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tocks white; height at shoulder almost 4 feet (Przewalski, Fourth 

 Journey in Central Asia, p. 275, 1888) . 



Much remains to be done in delimiting the animal's range. It is 

 given by Sushkin (1925, p. 149) as "Altyn-Tagh, Toguz-Davan, 

 and (?) Russkii Range, south to Przevalski's Range." 



Przewalski (op. cit., pp. 274, 275) met with this sheep in the 

 Khatyn-Zana Valley between the Zaidam and the Columbus Moun- 

 tains, and in the Zaisan-saitu Valley between the Zaidam and the 

 Moscow Mountains. He reported it as inhabiting the central Kuen- 

 lun, the Chamen-Tagh, and the Altyn-Tagh, and as being ex- 

 tremely rare. 



Roborovsky (Rept. Tibet Exped. 1889-1890, pt. 3, pp. 15, 22, 47, 

 1896) reports it on the Muzluk Range (southwest of Altyn-Tagh 

 and west of the Moscow Range) , on the northern slope of the Toguz- 

 Davan, and on the Przewalski Range. 



Pevtzoff (Rept. Tibet Exped. 1889-1890, pt. 1, pp. 224, 226, 

 1895) states that this sheep lives in the western part of the Prze- 

 walski Range, about the headwaters of the Bostan-tograk a place 

 seldom visited by hunters. 



A specimen secured by Sven Hedin in the Columbus Range, and 

 described and figured by Leche (1904, p. 2), is referred by Nasonov 

 (1923, p. 102) to O. a. jubata, although on geographical grounds it 

 should apparently be close to or identical with dalai-lamae. 



Tibetan Argali 



OVIS AMMON HODGSONII Blyth 



Ovis Hodgsonii Blyth, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1840, p. 65, 1841. (Based 

 upon the "Wild Sheep of the Hemalaya" of Hodgson (Asiatic Researches, 

 vol. 18, pt. 2, p. 134 and 2nd pi. following p. 138, 1833) ; type locality 

 restricted by Lydekker (1913c, vol. 1, p. 98) to "Tibet; probably on the 

 northern frontier of Nepal.") 



SYNONYM: Ovis henrii A. Milne-Edwards (1892). 



FIGS.: Jour. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 15, pis. 1, 3. [4], 1846; Brooke and 

 Brooke, 1875, pp. 520-521, figs. 6, 7; Lydekker, 1898c, pi. 15. pp. 182. 184, 

 figs. 34, 35; Lydekker, 1900, pi. 3, figs. 2. 2a; Burrard, 1925?, pi. facing 

 p. 206; Stockley, 1928. pi. facing p. 112; Jour. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 

 vol. 36, no. 4, suppl., pi. 9, 1933; Ward, 1935, p. 283, upper fig. 



Formerly plentiful, the Tibetan Argali is now somewhat reduced 

 in numbers. 



Size somewhat less than in 0. a. ammon. "Horns with the tips 

 . . . less everted than in ammon, the descending portion nearly 

 vertical, the front outer angle often distinct, and the whole form- 

 ing about one complete circle .... A large throat-ruff, apparently 

 at all seasons, and a nuchal crest. General colour greyish brown 

 above, paler and whitish below; rump-patch, buttocks, throat, chest, 

 under-parts, and inner sides of the legs white; crest and a stripe 



