APPENDIX C 

 ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS OF NORTHERN SHEEP 



From Proceedings United States National Museum, Vol. VII, 

 pp. 12, 13, 1884 



A New Geographical Race of the Mountain Sheep (Ovis Montana 

 Dalli, var. nov.}. From Alaska. By E. W. Nelson 



This form can be recognized at once by its nearly uniform dirty- 

 white color, the light-colored rump area seen in typical montana being 

 entirely uniform with the rest of the body in dalli. The dinginess of 

 the white over the entire body and limbs appears to be almost entirely 

 due to the ends of the hairs being commonly tipped with a dull, rusty 

 speck. On close examination this tipping of the hairs makes the fur 

 look as though it had been slightly singed.* This form also has smaller 

 horns than its southern relatives, but how the two compare in size and 

 weight I am unable to say. 



I name this form in honor of Mr. W. H. Dall, whose scientific 

 work in Alaska is so well known. 



HAMILTON, NEW MEXICO, December 22, 1883. 



From Bulletin American Museum Natural History, New York, Vol. IX, 



pp. in, 112, 1897 



Preliminary Description of a New Mountain Sheep from the British 

 Northwest Territory.^ By J. A. Allen 



Through the kindness of Mr. A. J. Stone, of Missoula, Montana, 

 the Museum has received three mounted specimens of a Mountain 

 Sheep, or Bighorn, quite unlike any heretofore described. They were 



* Later investigations proved the color to be pure white, the "dinginess" alluded 

 to being merely discoloration absorbed from rocks and soil. CHARLES SHELDON. 



f Measurements given in this original description have been omitted. CHARLES 

 SHELDON. 



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