THE WILD SHEEP OF INDIA 



tious to hunt." Shapoo can travel over rocky, 

 rough ground with ease. 



Colonel Ward's Sportsman's Guide should be 

 consulted for localities. The migration of these 

 animals in the winter from Astor to the Boonjie 

 plain, renders the latter a sure find in April. 



The best head quoted in Horn Measurements 

 measures in length of horn 39, in girth of same i if, 

 and in distance between tips 15^ inches respectively. 

 Colonel Ward considers an average horn about 

 26, and a good one anything above 29 inches in 

 length. The female has small horns. 



The vernacular names for this sheep are Sha and 

 Shapoo. 



THE OORIAL (Ovis Cycloceros) 



This animal, sometimes known as " the Punjab 

 wild sheep," is found upon the Salt range, the 

 Suleiman range, the Hazarah hills, etc., in that 

 part of India. In the ravines of the low rocky 

 hills frequented by this creature, Kinloch describes 

 the heat in summer at midday as probably as 

 great as could be found anywhere in the whole 

 world, " the temperature frequently attaining some- 

 thing very like furnace heat." The cold weather 

 from November to end of January should therefore 

 be chosen for the pursuit of oorial. 



The male stands about three feet at the shoulder, 

 the female being very much smaller. 



The following is Sterndale's description of this 

 animal: "General colour, rufous brown; face 



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