BULLET AND SHOT 



is excellent, both Kinloch and Ward speaking of 

 it in highly laudatory terms. 



In Horn Measurements, the best head of 

 which detailed information is forthcoming is one 

 from Ladakh, measuring 31^ inches in length of 

 horns, the girth of the latter being 13^ inches, but 

 a head of 23 inches and above is a fine one. 



The vernacular names for this animal are 



In the Himalayas Burhel, Buroot. 



In Thibet and Ladakh Napu, Na or Sna. 



In Nepaul Nervati. 



On the Sutlej Wa or War. 



THE SHAPOO (Ovis Vignei) 



This animal, which is called the "Oorin" in 

 Boonjie and Astor, inhabits Ladakh and Little 

 Thibet at elevations varying between 12,000 and 

 14,000 feet. 



It stands from about three feet to a little more 

 in height. 



In colour the shapoo is brownish grey, growing 

 paler below, till it meets the belly, which is white. 

 It is sometimes termed by sportsmen the "red 

 sheep," in contradistinction to the burhel or "blue 

 sheep." 



Colonel Heber Percy in the Badminton volume 

 gives a good description of the extreme restless- 

 ness which pervades the nervous economy of this 

 creature, regarding which he says, "there is not 

 an animal in the whole of the Himalayas so vexa- 



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