CAPRINE 105 



Typical locality Alutiiu, Semirechensk, Altai. 



Horns of the general type of littledalei, but rather heavier ; 

 length in two specimens 45^ and 49 J, girth 14 and 16 J 

 inches. Head pale fawn on forehead and cheeks, shading 

 into white on muzzle ; throat-ruff white, shaded with grey ; 

 general colour light brown, becoming lighter towards tail, 

 where it is greyish white ; a distinct dark dorsal streak and 

 broad flank-band ; a rather small white rump-patch, which 

 includes the white tail; hind surface of thighs white, 

 gradually shading into fawn of fore part of sides of same ; 

 front of fore-legs to knees, and lines on outer and inner 

 sides of hind-legs to hoofs pale fawn ; under-parts yellowish 

 white. 



No authenticated specimen in the collection. 



I. Ovis ammon heinsL 



Ovis heinsi, Severtzow, Trans. Soc. Nat. Moscow, vol. viii, art. 2, 



p. 87, 1873, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xviii, p. 211, 1876 ; 



Brooke, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 517 ; W. L. Sclater, Cat. Mamm. 



Ind. Mus. pt. ii, p. 132, 1891 ; Shitkow and Sabanejew, Zool. Jahrb. 



Alt. f. Si/st. vol. xxviii, p. 457, 1909. 

 Ovis ammon heinsi, Lydekker, The Sheep and Its Cousins, p. 281, 



1912. 



Typical locality Tokmak district, north-west of Lake 

 Issik, and therefore not far from the Alatau, the typical 

 locality of karelini. 



Typified by subadult skulls, with horns, the description 

 of which is insufficient to furnish a clue to the affinity of 

 this race. The size is stated to be rather less than in 

 karelini, to which the horns of this race seem to approximate. 



No specimen in the collection. 



J. Ovis ammon humei. 



Ovis ammon hurnei, Lydekker, Cat. Hume Bequest Brit. Mus. p. 6, 



1913. 

 Ovis poli, Stoliczka, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874, p. 425, pi. liii ; Blanford, 



Fauna Brit. India, Mamm. p. 496, 1891 ; W. L. Sclater, Cat. 



Mamm. Ind. Mus. pt. ii, p. 133, 1891, nee Blytli. 

 Ovis heinsi ('?), Blanford, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. xliv, pt. 2, 



p. 112, 1875, nee Severtzow. 

 Ovis karelini, Brooke, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 512 ; Blanford, Scient. 



Results %nd Yarkand Miss. Mamm. p. 80, 1879, nee Severtzow. 



