I 36 THE NEPAUL SHEEP. 



wrinkled, except near the tips, which arc smooth and 

 round. 



The colour of the animal is a pale slaty-blue, ob- 

 scured with earthy-brown, in summer overlaid with 

 a rufous tint. Head below, and inside of the limbs 

 and hams, yellowish-white, edge of the buttocks be- 

 hind, and of the tail, pure white ; face, parts of the 

 limbs and chest, blackish ; bands on the flanks the 

 same, and also the tip of the tail. 



It is found in the wild state in the Kachar region 

 of Nepaul, amid the glaciers of the Himalaya, and 

 both on the Indian and Thibetian sides of the snowy 

 crests of that range, and is sufficiently bold and 

 scandent, but far less pugnacious, capricious and 

 curious than the Jharal or goat formerly noticed. 

 The female has the chaffron straight, the horns erect,* 

 subrecurved, and greatly depressed. The young 

 want the marks on the limbs and flanks. 



It differs from the Musmon by the decided double 

 flexure of the horns, their presence in the females, 

 and the want of a tuft beneath the throat. | 



P. 117. 



f- Hodgson, Proceedings of the Zoological Society, Sep- 

 tembei 9. 1833. 



