Mountain Sheep 
of the mountains during winter. I have not sufficient data to make 
the assertion, but I am inclined to believe that the goat keeps consis- 
tently to the hills, whatever the season may be, and in this differs 
from the mountain sheep as he differs in appearance, temperament, 
and in all characteristics, excepting the predilection for the inclined 
plane; and in this habit he is more vertical than the sheep.” Of 
hunting them he adds; ‘‘ There is no use in attempting to hunt them 
from below. Their eyes are watchful and keen, and the chances are 
that if you are working up from below and see a goat on the hill, he 
will have been looking at you for some time. Once he is alarmed, ten 
minutes will be enough for him to put a good many hours of climbing 
between himself and you. His favourite trick is to remain stock-still, 
watching you till you pass out of his sight behind something, and 
then, he makes off so energetically that when you see him next he 
will be on some totally new mountain. But his intelligence does not 
seem to grasp more than the danger from below. While he is stead- 
fastly on the alert against this, it apparently does not occur to him 
that anything can come down upon him. Consequently from above 
you may get very near before you are noticed.” 
From the Copper River Mountains, Alaska, Mr. D. G. Elliot has 
described a goat with very different skull and more divergent horns 
which seems to represent a different species or geographic race. He 
calls it Kennedy’s mountain goat, Oreamnos khennedyt. 
Mountain Sheep 
Ovts cervina. Desmarest 
Also called Bighorn. 
Length. 4 feet 6 inches. Height at shoulder, 3 feet 4 inches. 
Length of horn around curve, 50 inches. Circumference at 
base, 14 inches. 
Description. Body heavy, legs rather slender, hair everywhere 
closely appressed, no mane or beard. Horns in female short, 
in male very massive, curving backward and outward and 
in old rams making a complete spiral circle. Colour grayish 
brown, darkest on the back, under parts, inner side of legs, 
upper throat and patch on rump and around the base of 
the tail whitish; lighter and grayer in winter. 
Range. Higher mountains from British Columbia to Arizona. 
Nearly related varieties inhabit mountains to the North, South 
and West. (See below) 
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