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the hint, and not caring for an asinine circus, simply marched 

 off to the next county. 



Large bags of ram oves are consequently seldom made. 

 Mr. O. Shaw got nine in 1877, including one of 47 ins. ; the 

 rest of the bag was, one bull yak, eight or ten burrel, one of 

 27 ins., eleven Thibetan antelope and one shapoo ; this was an 

 exceptional bag by an exceptionally hard working sportsman. 



The native names for O. Poll are ' Rass.' ' Roosh,' ' Goolga ' 

 (the male), and for O. Amman 'Nyan.' 



XXXII. BURREL (Ovis NaJmra vel Burhel) 



Native names : ' Bara/,' ' Barut ' ; in Ladak ' Napo ' the male, ' Namoo ' 

 the female ; Zanskar, ' Snapo? l Snawoo ' ; on the Sutlej ' M'a ' 



Sterndale appears to have fallen into a curious mistake about 

 this sheep. He says : ' The name Ovis Nahura is not a felicitous 

 one, as it was given under a mistake by Hodgson, the nahoor 

 being quite another animal. I think Blyth's name of Ovis 

 Burhel should be adopted.' On reference, however, to Blyth's 

 account in the 'Proceedings Zoo. Soc. 1840,' it will be found 

 that he calls the animal generally known as burrel the 'nahoor,' 

 and says of Ovis Burhel^ ' It is smaller and more robust than 

 the nahoor, with shorter ears and very dark horns, having no 

 white about it ; and general colour dark and rich chestnut 

 brown, with the ordinary black markings upon face, chest, and 

 front of limbs very distinct.' The specimen came from the 

 Boorendo Pass, but as no more specimens have been obtained 

 from that locality or elsewhere, it appears to be quite possible 

 that Blyth was misled by a native-cured skin. Discoloration 

 by curing is common. 



The burrel has a very extended range, reaching from Ladak 

 on the west (it apparently does not extend into Baltistan) to 

 East Thibet, as Pere David found it in Moupin. Its southern 

 limit is the line of the Himalayas ; it extends up north to 

 the Kuenluen ranges, and was obtained by Prejevalski on 

 the Altyn-Tagh. It seems to require an altitude of at least 



