CAPRINE 167 



Cabul. The horns make a regular V, broader or narrower, 

 but the tip-to-tip measurement never apparently exceeds the 

 straight length, and usually falls at least one-sixth short. 

 The Cabuli from whom this specimen was purchased said 

 that he believed it came from Afghan Hazara. Possibly 

 they may come from Kafiristan, and may form a connecting 

 link between the Pir Panjal and Cabul races (Hume). On 

 the other hand, the intermediate character of the horns 

 is suggestive of the Gilgit district. The first turn of the 

 hind keel runs almost horizontally across the front surface. 

 Bequeathed by A. 0. Hume, Esq., C.B., 1912. 



91. 8. 7. 134. Skull, with horns of a type very similar to 

 those of the preceding specimen, but with a slightly more 

 upward inclination of the first turn of the hind keel. Stated 

 by the donor to come from Dehra Ghazi Khan ; if so, 

 probably brought from some other locality. 



Presented by A. 0. Hume, Esq., C.B., 1891. 



91. 8. 7. 137. Skull, with horns. Also stated to have 

 come from Dehra Ghazi Khan. The horns are very similar 

 to those of the preceding, but show a still more marked 

 upward inclination of the first turn of the hind keel, thereby 

 approximating to the type of C. f. megaceros. Same history. 



* * * *. Skull, with horns, of which the right one is 

 bent down by the side of the face, apparently referable to 

 this race. Locality unknown. No history. 



D. Capra falconer! megraeeros. 



Capra megaceros, Hutton, Calcutta Journ. Nat. Hist. vol. ii, p. 535, 

 pi. xx, 1842, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. xv, p. 161, 1846; 

 Ward, Records of Big Game, p. 236, 1896. 



Capra falconer! megaceros, LydekJcer, Wild Oxen, Sheep, and Goats, 

 p. 293, 1898, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1902, vol. ii, p. 323, pi. xxvii, 

 Game Animals of India, etc. p. 127, 1907, Cat. Hume Bequest, 

 Brit. Mus. p. 18, 1913; Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, 

 p. 367, 1910. 



Typical locality northern Afghanistan. 



The markhor inhabiting the mountain ranges of Northern 

 Afghanistan forms another stage in the gradation from the 

 Astor to the Suleman race, its horns being intermediate 

 between those of the latter and those of the Pir Panjal race. 



