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years old, horns 25^ ins. by 14 ins. thick ; second eight years, 

 23 ins. by 12 ins. ; third eight years, 22 ins. by 10^ ins. Bad 

 shooting but good fun. 



Amongst other varieties of burrel are the Barbary burrel 

 {A??t7notragus Tragelaphus)^ of which there is a skeleton in the 

 British Museum which stands 33^ ins. at the shoulder, and a 

 pair of horns measuring 26 ins. in length by 1 1 ins. in girth ; also 

 the Caucasian burrel {Capra Pallasi\ of which there is a 

 specimen in the same museum, whose horns are 29 ins. long 

 by 12 ins. in girth ; but the animal looks more like a goat 

 than a sheep, having a rudimentary beard, and the horns are 

 more like those of Capra pyrenaica than Ovis Nahura. 



XXXIII. SHAPOO {Ovis Vignei) 



Native names : ' Shapoo ' the male, ' Shamoo ' the female ; 

 in Astor, ' Oorin ' 



Shapoo and oorin, though by some naturalists classed as 

 separate varieties, may practically be considered identical ; the 

 writer has hunted both, and is unable to distinguish any dif- 

 ference in appearance or habits. The annual winter migration 

 of oorin to the Boonji Plain is probably attributable to the -. 

 snowfall in Astor being heavier than that of Ladak. ? 



The only other difference (giving the result of individual 

 experience) is that oorin are not nearly so restless as shapoo, 

 being pretty regular in their feeding hours, and lying down ||l 

 throughout the heat of the day. Shapoo, on the other hand, 

 are perpetually on the fidget. In colour they appear identical, 

 generally a pale reddish grey fading into white below. The . 

 profuse black beard of the Ovis cycloceros is entirely absent, 

 the shapoo in his winter coat having only a short stul)bly brown 

 beard, and in summer a dark line on the throat. The different 

 points of Ovis Vignei and Ovis Cycloceros are briefly as follows, 

 according to Mr. Sclater (' Pro. Zoo. Soc' i860) : 



