358 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



Horns of Pit Panjal Markhor. 

 Shot by the late Major). C. Shirres, in the Kajnag, April 22, 1884. 



The MARKHOR (Capra falconer!). 



The markhor, of which there are several local races, probably passing 

 more or less completely into one another, introduces us to the true 

 goats (Capra}. The males differ from the tahr by their much larger 

 horns, the length of which greatly exceeds that of the head, and likewise 

 by the presence of a more or less distinct beard on the chin. In most 

 races of the markhor the beard is extended so as to form a fringe on 

 the throat and chest ; the hair on the body being also elongated. 

 Moreover, the horns form a spiral, quite unlike the scimitar- shape 

 characteristic of the ibex and common goat. 



Distribution. The Western Himalaya, Gilgit, Afghanistan, etc. 



A and B. ASTOR and PIR PANJAL MARKHOR 

 (Capra falconer! typica and C. falconer! cashmiriensis). 



In the Astor (C. falconeri typica] and Pir Panjal (C. falconeri 

 cashmiriensis} races of the markhor the horns take the form of an open 



