140 THE BEARDED ARGALI. 



parts of its body and legs. Hairs, from six to seven 

 inches long, spring from the three lower quarters of 

 the thigh, as far as the shank, on the anterior, pos- 

 terior, and external sides, and hang down as far as 

 the middle of the shank, thus forming a very re- 

 markable kind of ornamental appendage. Besides 

 this, a tuft of long hairs, from two to three or four 

 inches in length, rises from each side, near the angle 

 of the jaw ; and a little below this, commences a 

 hand of hairs, running along the medial line, which 

 is continued to the lower part of the neck, where it is 

 divided into two branches, which terminate near the 

 articulation of the tibia with the thigh. A little be- 

 fore the place where they bifurcate, these hairs are 

 from a foot to thirteen inches long ; but towards the 

 extremity of the neck and shoulder they are much 

 shorter, not exceeding half a foot. Their colour is 

 generally the same as that of the body, but those 

 which are placed near the interior side of the thigh 

 and shank, are brownish, and a line of the latter 

 colour is observable on the anterior part of the neck. 

 " This animal which is a fifth part larger than 

 the European species, has the tail about seven inches 

 long, and terminating in a pencil of hairs. The 

 horns appear small in proportion to the size of the 

 body, and, in the specimen preserved in the Mu- 

 seum, they are not larger than those of our own 

 Mouflon, although the individual in question is a 

 male, and seems full grown. These appendages 

 present some peculiar characters besides those just 



