570 DZUNGARIA 



distribution, which includes the Ala-tau, Borotala, 

 Northern and Eastern Tian Shan, only karelini are met 

 with. For instance, the horns seen in the Karlik Tagh, 

 right on the edge of the Gobi, were in every respect 

 similar to those of the Borotala. It is in the region of 

 the Manas- Yulduz divide that the puzzle commences, 

 for on the Yulduz littledalei are to be found on the 

 same ground with karelini and in almost equal num- 

 bers. I have been informed by an observant sportsman. 

 Colonel H. M. Biddulph, who recently visited that re- 

 gion, that in all probability a third, unnamed variet}/, 

 will be proved to exist. I will briefly describe these 

 three varieties in the hope that it may be of assistance 

 to sportsmen who contemplate visiting the Tian Shan, 

 besides being of interest to naturalists. 



The first and most common variety is karelini, in 

 which the horns are more rounded in section than is 

 the case with poll, but only slightly more massive. 

 The twist of the horn is intermediate between typica 

 and the open type of poli, there being rarely any sign 

 of the great nip-in of the former and never any of the 

 openness of the latter. The average horn measurements 

 of a fully adult karelini are : length, 52 to 55in. ; girth, 

 15 to 16 in, ; and spread, 32 to 36 in. Colonel Biddulph 

 picked up a colossal karelini head close to the Narat 

 Pass on the Yulduz, in 1911. It measures : length, yof ; 

 girth, i6J- ; and spread, 46J in. Judging by the appear- 

 ance of this remarkable head, which rivals the largest 

 recorded head of poli, the sheep that carried it cannot 

 have died more than three years previously. 



As a rule, sportsmen who visit the Tian Shan can only 

 spare a ver}/ limited time for going after sheep, owing to 

 the other species of game that claim their attention, 



