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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



Skull and Horns of Sincl Wild Goat. From Mr. Hume's specimen. 



The PASANG or WILD GOAT (Capra hircus). 



The horns of the Persian wild goat (C. Jiircus cegagrus), which 

 appears to be the ancestral form of the domesticated goat of Europe 

 and Asia (C. Jiircus], differ from those of the various species of ibex 

 by having no distinct front surface, but merely a sharp notched keel, 

 representing the inner front angle of the ibex horn. In old males 

 the beard is very long. The general colour of the upper parts is brownish 

 grey in winter and reddish brown in summer, while the under parts 

 are white, and there are blackish brown and white markings on the 

 face and limbs. Height at shoulder reaching to 37 inches. 



The so-called Sind ibex (C. hircus blythi) forms a second local race 

 of the species, inhabiting Sind and parts of Baluchistan, where it prob- 

 ably passes imperceptibly into the Persian race. It is distinguished 

 mainly by a slight difference in the form of the horns. A third race 

 (C. h. raddt] inhabits the Caucasus. Other races inhabit the islands of 

 the JEgean Archipelago, where they appear to have been more or 

 less crossed with domesticated breeds. 



