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saddle ; a callosity on knee ; horns approximating to those of 

 typical race, but knots in middle portion larger and more 

 approximated. 



No specimen in collection. 



F. Capra sibirica almasyi. 



Capra sibirica almasyi, Lorenz, Denks. K. Ak. Wiss. Wien, vol. Ixxx, 

 p. 89, 1906 ; Lydekker, Game Animals of India, etc. p. 118, 1907. 



Capra sibirica typica, Lydekker, Wild Oxen, Sheep, and Goats, p. 281, 

 1898, nee Mayer. 



Capra sibirica sibirica, Rothschild, Novit. Zool. vol. vii, p. 277, 1900, 

 nee Meyer. 



Typical locality Tian Shan, including Kulja district.* 

 General colour in winter some shade of greyish brown,f 

 usually darker than is lydekkeri ; head still darker, but paler 



FIG. 38. HEAD OF TIAN SHAN IBEX (Capra sibirica almasyi). 



on forehead and between ear and eye ; narrow white margins 

 to lips ; beard, which is long, greyish brown ; a broad dark 

 dorsal stripe. A small light neck-patch and saddle frequently 

 present, which may, however, be obscured by the brown tips 



* Capra " sibiricce affinis," Noack, Zool. Anz. vol. xxvi, p. 650, 

 1903, is, as mentioned by Lorenz, op. cit., invalid. 



f This is the description given by Lorenz ; the present writer has 

 described the colour as yellowish white, more or less tinged with grey 

 or brown. 



