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AFTER WILD SHEEP IN THE ALTAI 



and which I believe is identical with die roc which 

 we found in the wooded regions of the Altai. 1 have 

 been lately informed that a hunter of the Ekaterin- 

 burg Shooting Club brought news that he had come 

 across three large beasts in the woods which he had 



never seen before. On showing him various draw- 

 ings in a book of Natural History and on reaching 

 that of an Aurochs, he immediately recognised it 

 as resembling the animals he had seen. Aurochs, 

 therefore, may exist in the dense Siberian Taiga and 

 may have come over; but I give this information 

 with all reserve. As regards birds, Capercaillie and 



