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E. Ovis canadensis sierrae. 



Ovis cervina sierrae, Grinncll, Univ. Calif. Zool. Publ. vol. x, p. 144, 



1912. 

 Ovis canadensis sierrae, LydekJcer, The Sheep and Its Cousins, p. 290, 



1912. 



Typical locality east slope of Mount Baxter, Sierra 

 Nevada, Inyo County, California. 



Near akin to nclsoni, but larger, with shorter ears and 

 tail, greyer and thicker coat, and basal section of horns 

 approximating more to a circular than a triangular form. 

 Compared with typical canadensis it differs by the rather 

 inferior size, less heavy coat, much paler colour, and the 

 above-mentioned horn-section. 



No specimen in collection. 



F, Ovis canadensis eremnobates. 



Ovis cervina eremnobates, Elliot, Zool. Publ. Field Mus. vol. iii, 

 p. 239, 1903, Mamm. Mid. Amer. (Zool. Publ. Field Mus. vol. v) 

 p. 84, 1904, Clieck List Mamm. N. Amer. etc. (Zool. Publ. Field 

 Mus. vol. vi) p. 54, 1905 ; Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 

 vol. xxxi, p. 27, 1912. 



Ovis canadensis eremnobates, Lydekker, The Sheep and Its Cousins, 

 p. 292, 1912. 



Typical locality Mattomi, San Pedro, Martir Mountains, 

 Lower California. 



Stated to resemble nclsoni, but of a much lighter colour, 

 whitey brown the head being in some cases nearly white 

 a small rump-patch, which is not separated from the fawn 

 area by a darker line, and the front of the legs nearly black, 

 as in the under-mentioned stonci. Orbital width greater 

 (20 to 25 mm.) than in nclsoni. 



The range includes the mountainous parts of Lower 

 California, from Satillo del Eey northward especially on the 

 Gulf side nearly to the United States frontier. 



1025, c. Skull, with horns, and skin, belonging to this or 

 one of the allied races. California. 



Presented l>ij the Hudson Bay Company. 



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