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497. Capra megaceros, Button. Markhoor. 

 Hob. North-east India. 



a. Male. Presented by Capt. Samuel Browne, 2nd Puniab 



Cavalry, July 21, 1856. 



b. Male ; c. Female. Presented by Major F. E. Pollock, 



Commissioner at Dera Ismail Khan, Aug. 25, 1866 

 SeeP.Z. S. 1866, p. 418. 



d. Male. Born in the Menagerie, April 30, 1867. 



e. Born in the Menagerie, May 31, 1868. 



/. Male. Born in the Menagerie, April 29, 1869. 

 g. Born in the Menagerie, April 30, 1870. 

 h. Male. Born in the Menagerie, June 14, 1871. 

 i. Female. Born in the Menagerie, June 18, 1872. 

 j. Female. Born in the Menagerie, June 21, 1872. 

 k. Female. Born in the Menagerie, May 5, 1873. 



498. Capra jemlaica, Hodgs. Thar or Tahir. 

 Hab. Himalayas. 



a. Presented by Capt. Townley Parker, 1852. See Wolf and 



Scl. Zool. Sk. vol. i. pi. 25. 

 6, c. Deposited by H.E.H. the Prince of Wales, K.G F.Z S 



May 1876. See P.Z.S. 1876, p. 464. 



Genus Ovis. 



499. Ovis aries, Linn. Domestic Sheep. 



a, b. Presented by John Henry Gurney, Esq., F.Z.S. Oct 24 

 1865. From Lagos. 



c. d. Presented by Her Majesty the Queen, April 17, 1866. 



From Africa. 

 e,f. Presented by Capt. Glover, E.N., June 18, 1866. From 



Africa. 



g. Born in the Menagerie, March 8, 1867. 

 h. Male; i. Female. Presented by Capt. Parker, March 16 



1870. Fat- tailed variety. 



j. Male. Deposited, May 5, 1870. From the East Indies. 

 Tc. Male ; I. Female. A variety. Presented by J J Mon- 



teiro, Esq., C.M.Z.S., Aug. 2, 1871. 

 ra. Hybrid between a male of this species and a female Ovis 



musimon. Born in the Menagerie, June 5, 1872. 

 n. Male; o. Female. Presented by Mr. Shirley Au 27 



1873. From Persia. 



p-r. Purchased, Oct. 7, 1873. From Chili. 



s. Presented by Capt. E. E. Freemautle, E.N., C.B. Mav 15 



1874. From West Africa. 



t. Male ; u. Female. Presented by T. Gray, Esq., Aug. 14, 

 1875. 



