410 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



ARMENIAN WILD SHEEP (Ovis gmelini). 



This wild sheep differs from all the preceding species by the 

 absence of horns in the females ; the horns of the males being not 1 

 unlike those of the urial, but curving backwards, so that their points 

 are situated behind the neck instead of beneath the eyes. General 

 colour of upper parts some shade of yellow or foxy red ; the under 

 parts and lower portions of the legs white. Less hair on the throat 

 than in the urial. Height at shoulder typically about 2 feet 9 inches. 



A. ARMENIAN RACE (Ovis gmelini typica). 

 Distribution. The mountains of Armenia and Asia Minor. 



Length on Circum- ,. m- T i- 



outside curve, ference. T lp to Tip. Locality. Owner. 



40^ loj 5', British Museum (W. Burchart 



Barker). 

 36^ log 5J ? British Museum. 



30^ io| 18 Sir Victor Brooke's Collection. 



-29! 9^ 9^ Axylon . . . E. N. Buxton. 



-26^ 8 i2j Cilician Taurus . . C. G. Danford. 



24^ gj n^ Persian Frontier . . Prince E. Demidoff. 



24^ 9 i6g W. Asia Minor . . C. G. R. Lee. 



24 9f 17 Asia Minor . . Col. J. Biddulph. 



23^ 9j 13^ Persian Frontier . . Prince E. Demidoff. 



21 9 143 Asia Minor . . H. O. Whittall. 



21 8 6^ Do. . . Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 



B. PERSIAN RACE (Ovis gmelini erskinei). 

 Distribution. The Elburtz Mountains and Eastern Persia. 



14 Near Teheran . . Hon. W. Erskine. 

 - Owner's measurements. 



