CAUCASAN IP 36? 



The flesh of the young Il>ex is said to be in 



I < stecm as an article of food. Its peri' 

 rimi is -. ml to lie the sanu- as in the common 

 . \\/.. five months. 



CAUCASAN 1I11.X. 



Capra Aegagrus. C. cjrnibus carinat'u arcuatix, gula laibata. 

 I in. Syst. Nat. Gmtl. p. 195. fall. Spic. Zool. XI. p. 45. t. 5. 



jig. a, 3. s. a. (,>,!. it. 3. p. 493. 



Grcy-brovra Ibex, white beneath, with large, carinated, slightly 



wrinkled, bowed burns, and bearded throat. 

 Chcvre sauvage. Taiernicr it. 2. p. 143. 

 Steinbock. Ridmgar JagM. Th.t. u. 

 Caucasan Ibex. Pennant Qua Jr. i.p, 57. 



TIIK C'.-nn-asaii Ibex, whieh is siij)jK)sctl to be 

 the chief real stock or origin of the domes! 

 is considerably superior to that animal in I 

 and its form in some degree resembles that of a 

 stag. Its general colour is a brownish or suhfer- 

 rnginons grey above, and white beneath; the 

 forehead is nearly black, which colour is con- 

 tinued down the back in the form of a list <n 

 stripe: the chin is furnished with a large brownish 

 beard, and the herns, whieh are very large, and 

 bend considerably backwards, are smooth, hi 

 sharply ridged on their upper part, and boll- 

 on the exterior side: they ha\e no appearance 

 cither of knots or rings, but arc mcrelv marked 

 on the upper surface by some obseuie undula- 

 tions, or slight \\avy \\nnkles: they are about a 



