THE BIG-HORN OF MEXICO 



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snow on their wild pasture was knee deep, and the sheep were 

 pawing through it to reach the tallest blades of dry grass, they 

 were as well fed and fat as if they had been feeding at a manger. 



The largest horns of 

 this species measure 18 

 inches in circumference 

 at the base; but any 

 horns which are 15 

 inches in basal circum- 

 ference may be consid- 

 ered large. All female 

 wild sheep have horns, 

 but they are small, 

 short, erect and much 



Copyright, 1902, by Harry Pidgeon. 



HEAD OF WHITE MOUNTAIN 

 SHEEP. 



Shot and photographed on the 

 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, by 

 Harry Pidgeon. 



flattened. They vary 

 in length from 5 to 8 

 inches. 



The Pinacate Big- 

 Horx (Oris canadensis) , 

 of the Pinacate Moun- 

 tains, in the north- 

 western corner of Sonora, Mexico, on the eastern shore of the 

 Gulf of California, is of the same species as the Big-Horn of 

 the Rocky Mountains, but it is of peculiar interest. It in- 

 habits what is literally one of the jumping-off places of the 



