OVIS. 



497 



weight of an old male at about 600 Ibs., but he did not weigh 

 one. 



Distribution. The high Pamir and the plateaus west and north 

 of Eastern Turkestan, extending to the Alai. This sheep only 

 comes within Indian limits in Hunza, north of Gilgit. 



Habits. Precisely similar to those of 0. hodgsoni. The rutting- 

 season is in December and January. Some herds at this time are 

 large. 



345. Ovis vignei. Tlie Urial or Shd. 



Ovis vignei, Blyth, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 70; id. A. M. N. H. vii, p. 251, 

 pi. v, fig. 9 (1841) ; Hutton, J. A. S. B. xv, p. 152 ; Horsfield, 

 Cat. p. 175; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 127, pi. Ixxix; Scully. 



P. Z. S. 1881, p. 209 ; W. Sclater, Cat. p. 139. 



Ovis cycloceros, Hutton, Calc. Jour. N. H. ii, p. 514, pi. xix (1842) ; 



Sclater, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 128, pi. Ixxx ; Blyth, Cat. p. 177 ; Jerdon, 



Mam. p. 294 ; Blanford, Eastern Persia, ii, p. 87 ; Thomas, Tr. 



L. S. (2) Zool. v, p. 63 ; W. Sclater, Cat. p. 138. 



Ovis inoutana, Cunningham, Ladak,^. 199, pi. vii (1854), nee G. 



Cuvier. 



Caprovis vigmei, Adams, P. Z. S. 18-58, p. 526. 

 Ovis blanfordi, Hume, J. A. S. B. xlvi,pt. 2, p. 327, pi. iv. (1877). 

 Guch c? , Mish $ , P. ; Shd (Shape tf , Shdmo $ ), Ladak ; Urin, Astor ; 

 Koh-i-dumbd, Afghanistan ; Koch, Gad 3 ,Garand $ , Baluch andSindhi; 

 Kar ^ , Gad $ , Brahui ; Uritil, Punjab. 



Fig. 162. Skull and horns of Ovis vignei (Salt Kange Tariety). 



Fur coarse, close and short. Tail short Adult rams have a 

 gular ruff of long hair commencing behind the chin in two lobes, 

 which immediately ' unite and extend down the middle of the 

 throat to the chest. 



Horns in male coarsely wrinkled transversely, triangular in 

 section ; orbital and nuchal surfaces not very much broader than 



