118 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



I. Ovis canadensis dalli. 



Ovis montana dalli, Nelson, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. vol. vii, p. 13, 1884. 



Ovis dalli, Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. vol. ix, p. 112, 1897, 

 vol. xii, p. 3, 1899 ; Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 vol. xi, p. 217, 1897 ; Nelson, Nation. Geographic Mag. vol. ix, 

 p. 128, 1898 ; Preble, N. Amer. Fauna, No. 27, p. 157, 1898 ; 

 Stone, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. vol. xiii, p. 43, 1900 ; Horn- 

 aday, 5th Rep. N. York Zool. Soc. 1900, p. 80, 1901 ; Stone and 

 Cram, Amer. Mamm. p. 64, 1903 ; Osgood, N. Amer. Fauna, 

 No. 30, p. 51, 1909. 



Ovis canadensis dalli, Nelson and True, Nat. Hist. Collect. Alaska, 

 p. 282, 1887 ; Lydelcker, Wild Oxen, Sheep, and Goats, p. 219, 

 1898, Great and Small Game of Europe, etc. p. 15, 1901, The 

 Sheep and Its Cousins, p. 294, 1912 ; McConnell, Ottawa Natural. 

 vol. vi, p. 131, 1892 ; Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 394, 

 1912. 



Ovis cervina dalli, Elliot, Synop. Mamm. N. Amer. (Zool. Publ. Field 

 Mus. vol. ii) p. 47, 1901, Check-List. Mamm. N. Amer. etc. (Zool. 

 Pull. Field Mus. vol. vi) p. 55, 1905. 



Ovis dalli dalli, Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. vol. xxxi, p. 27, 

 1912. 



Typical locality near Fort Kelianee, Yukon ; the range 

 extending over a great part of Alaska and Yukon, and south- 

 eastwards to the Mackenzie Mountains. 



Size rather smaller than in typical canadensis (39 inches 

 at shoulder) and build lighter ; horns more slender and 

 divergent, with the tip sharp, and the front angles so pro- 

 nounced as to produce a groove beneath them on the lateral 

 surfaces, colour amber-yellow; coat softer and longer than 

 in canadensis ; ears short, bluish, and thickly haired ; skull 

 markedly shorter than in typical race. General colour 

 uniformly creamy white. Good horns measure from 38 to 

 49 inches, with a girth of from 12 to 14 J inches. 



99. 2. 22. 1. Skin, mounted. Alaska. 



Presented ly J. Tatchell Studley, Esq., 1899. 



99. 2. 24. 2. Skin, female, mounted. Alaska. 



Same history. 



10. 5. 31. 1. Head, mounted. Alaska. 



Presented ty Staff-Surgeon C. N. Eickard, E.N., 1910 



5. 10. 18. 2. Skin. Yukon Territory. 



Presented by H.H. Prince Coloredo Mansfeld, 1905. 



10. 3. 16. 1. Skull, with horns, and skin. Klondike ; 

 collected by H. Pinkiert. Purchased, 1910. 



