256 CAMP-FIRES IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES 



are those which spread widely, like the typical horns of 

 Black Sheep; and of that form Mr. Sheldon collected 

 some striking examples. 



Fannin's Mountain Sheep (O. fannini) was described 

 by the writer from a Klondyke specimen in the Victoria 

 Museum, marked by a well-defined blanket of gray hair 

 on its back and sides, a dark gray tail, a brown stripe down 

 the front of each leg, white abdomen, pure white neck 

 and head, and horns like the White Sheep. Although 

 other specimens exactly similar to the type have been 

 taken, several others have shown a lighter phase, running 

 farther toward the typical White Sheep. At present this 

 species is being weighed in the balance, and when the 

 studies of Mr. Sheldon's collection have been finished, 

 its true character will be known. At present we can only 

 say that it is a form standing between the white and 

 black species. 



The most remarkable feature of the three mountain 

 rams shot by Mr. Phillips, and one which instantly at- 

 tracted the attention of us all, was the manner in which 

 their countenances were disfigured. Each of the two 

 larger rams had on his nose, half way between horns and 

 nostrils, an abnormal hump an inch in height above the 

 normal outline. It reminded us of the old saying about 

 " an inch on the end of your nose." To produce such an 

 excrescence by hand, one would need to strike a mountain 

 ram across the nose, half a dozen good blows with a ham- 

 mer or a club, daily for about a week. 



Fortunately the epidermis had not been beaten off, 

 nor had there been any suppuration, and therefore the 



