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instead of being closely curled beside the head, the tip of 

 the horn marking the greatest point of divergence or spread. 

 A comparison of the spread of the sheep killed by our party, 

 with the spread of sheep killed by Mr. Sheldon in the Ogil- 

 vie Rockies and the Pelly Mountains, will show the consid- 

 erable spread of the sheep horns in the locality visited by our 

 expedition, thus: 



Hoyt's ram killed August soth, 1914: 



Number of age rings on horn 7 



Length of outside of horn 36 inches 



Spread from tip to tip 27 inches 



Circumference at base 14 inches 



Auer's ram killed September ist, 1914: 



Number of age rings on horn 8 



Length of outside curve on horn 34 inches 



Spread from tip to tip 23 inches 



Circumference at base 14 inches 



Auer's ram September 2nd, 1914: 



Number of age rings on horn 8 



Outside length of horn 37 inches 



Spread from tip to tip 24 inches 



Circumference of horn at base 15 inches 



Auer's 2nd ram on September 2nd, 1914: 



Number of age rings on horn 8 



Outside length of horn 38 inches 



Spread from tip to tip 25 inches 



Circumference of horn at base 15^2 inches 



Hoyt's ram killed September 2nd, 1914: 



Number of age rings , 8 



Outside length of horn 36 inches 



Spread from tip to tip , 27 inches 



Circumference of horn at base 15 inches 



The foregoing observations hold as to the heads brought 

 in by other members of my party and to rams that we ob- 



