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Ippearance of high horns; more exceptional types where the 

 feips thrust at length almost horizontally outward, and where 

 the tips do not turn outward at all. Every possible inter- 

 mediate form of horns occurs between all these types. The 

 horns of ewes, although generally more uniform, vary be- 

 tween the narrow and diverging types." According to 

 Sheldon the common type of horns of the dalli-stonei group 

 everywhere is the narrow type. "In regions where sheep 

 are more abundant naturally there are more rams with large 

 horns, and also, in most places, with a larger proportion of 

 diverging horns." 



The known distribution of Ovis stonei is shown approxi- 

 mately in the accompanying map (p. 82). Southward they 

 have been found near the head of the South Fork of Stikine 

 to the Iskoot River, not far from the Nass River. The ex- 

 treme southern and eastern range is not known. Sheldon 

 suggests that it is probably between latitudes 56 and 57 

 degrees, and west of longitude 122 degrees. 



In various parts of their range the black mountain sheep 

 are to be found in abundance. They are reported to be 

 very numerous in the mountains of the Cassiar district, 

 which perhaps constitute their chief centre, and in 1915 

 Mr. Williams, provincial game warden for British Columbia, 

 reported that good bands were seen on several ranges that 

 had almost been deserted for several years previously. 

 East of Dease Lake they are also abundant. The flocks are 

 often larger than those of the Rocky Mountain sheep. 

 Large flocks may sometimes be found consisting of ewes and 

 young rams. Except in the fall and winter the older rams 

 separate from the ewes, as in the previous species, and they 

 live apart in small flocks. The blackest specimens have 

 been found north and south of Telegraph Creek, B. C. 



The inaccessible character of the greater portion of the 

 range of this species prevents great reduction in its numbers 

 either by hunters or Indians. The Cassiar region in which 



