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the latter itself. ... A fine male was shot in the Oued Mya at 

 dusk; its meat was excellent." (Hartert, 1913, p. 36.) 



In southern Algeria, in 1913-14, a good many tracks and a few 

 animals were seen between Temassinin and the Ahaggar Plateau 

 (Geyr von Schweppenburg, 1917, pp. 260, 266, 267, 276, 300). 



Some form of the Barbary Sheep occurs near Timbuktu, on the 

 heights adjacent to Lake Faguibin, descending there to latitude 

 17 N. More to the west, it lives in the north of Tagant, the Maure- 

 tanian Adrar (region of Atar), the "koudiat" of Idjil and all the 

 mountainous massifs of Rio de Oro (Zoug, Adrar Sotof, etc.). 

 Within the vast Saharan range of the species as a whole, there is 

 no rocky summit that does not serve as a refuge for it; but in the 

 erg, the reg, the hammada, the chott, the species is generally lacking 

 and it is only accidentally that it penetrates such environments, 

 where it is in a poor position to resist the pursuit of its enemies. 

 (Joleaud, 1927, p. 44.) 



Seurat (1934, p. 12) reports the Saharan subspecies from the 

 Tademait, the Mouydir, the Hoggar, and the Tefedest. 



Heim de Balsac (1934, p. 489) records two specimens from Tin- 

 Aberda (just north of Adrar) , and remarks that probably here and 

 in the neighboring Massif des Ifohras a distinct race exists. 



The same author (1936, p. 311) states that the Barbary Sheep 

 ranges over all the Saharan hills whence man has not driven it. In 

 the south it reaches the bend of the Niger and even crosses the 

 river and inhabits the declivities on the opposite side. This last 

 area is identified by the General Government of French West Africa 

 (in litt., November, 1936) as the cliffs of Bandiagara. 



Buchanan's Ami 



AMMOTRAGUS LERVIA ANGUSI Rothschild 



Ammotraffus lervia angusi Rothschild, Novit. Zool., vol. 28, p. 75, 1921. 

 ("Tarrouaji Mt., Asben, 3,100 ft.," French West Africa.) 



This subspecies is apparently confined to the region of Asben and 

 Air in the south-central Sahara, where it was reported in 1920 in 

 moderate numbers. 



"Differs from . . . other forms ... in the horns being much more 

 upright on the head, and curving farther backwards and inwards. 

 General colour very deep rufous, darker than in I. ornatus; no dark 

 face stripe; dorsal crest mixed with black, more strongly on front 

 half. Beard on sides of lower jaw cinnamon-rufous; long hair on 

 legs and knee tufts, apparently more sparse and restricted than in 

 the other forms." Height at shoulder, 36 inches. Horn, 21 inches 

 over curve. (Rothschild, 1921, p. 75.) 



Practically all our information on this Arui is owed to Capt. 



