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A. Capra falconer! falconer!. 



Capra falconer! typica, Lydekker, Wild Oxen, Sheep, and Goats, 

 p. 288, 1908 ; Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 360, 1910. 



Capra falconer! falconer!, Lydekker, Cat. Hume Bequest Brit. Mus. 

 p. 15, 1913. 



Typical locality Astor. 



In this, the typical, race the horns (fig. 40) form a more 

 open spiral and are more divergent than in any of the 

 others ; maximum recorded length on outside curve 60 inches. 



FIG. 40. FRONTLET AND HORNS OF ASTOR MARKHOR (Capra falconeri 



falconeri). 

 From Ward's Records -of Big Game. 



91. 3. 5. 1. Head, mounted. Datchkot, Indus Valley. 



Presented ly Capt. M. Murphy, 1891. 

 96. 7. 6. 1. Skin, mounted. Baltistan. 



Purchased, 1896. 

 88. 3. 20. 12. Skulls, with horns, immature. Astor. 



Presented ly E. Lydekker, Esq., 1888. 



12. 10. 31. 55. Frontlet and horns (fig. 40), Astor. In 



this specimen, which stands No. 43 in Ward's list, the horns 



M 2 



