MAMMALIA. 175 



Nahoor Sheep (young male), Hodgson, Asiat. Research, xviii. t. 

 Ovis Ammonoides, Hodgson, J. A. S. Beng. x. 1841, 236. t. 1. 



f. 1, skull; x. 913, xi. 283; Calcutta Journ. N. Hist. iv. 291; 



Gray, Hodgson Coll. B. M. 29. 

 Ovis Hodgsonii, Blyth, Proc. ZooL Soc. 1840, 65 ; Ann. fy Mag. 



N. H. xii. 199. t. 5. f. 9; Journ. A. S. Beng. x. 284. 863. 

 Bambhera (or Ovis Ammon), Ogilby in Royle's Himal. 75. 

 Bambhera or Bhaaral, Hodgson, MSS. 

 Hob. Himalaya; Nepal. 



Fragments of the skin of a male. 

 A flat skin of a young male. 

 A flat skin of a female. 



Skin of young, without head. Northern hill region of Nepal. 

 Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



Male. Ladank. Presented by the East India Company. 



OSTEOLOGY. Hodgson, J. A. S. Bengal, x. 1. 1. f. 1; Blyth, Ann. 



$ Mag. N. H. xii. t. 5. f. 9. 



Pair of horns of adult. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, 

 Esq. 



Pair of horns, adult. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



Pair of horns of young ram. Nepal. Presented by B. H. 

 Hodgson, Esq. 



Skull and horn of a half-grown ram. Nepal. Presented by 

 B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



Skull, with horns. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



Two skulls. Ladank. Presented by the East India Company. 



ICON. 



The Bhaaral. Drawing of skull of young male. Hodgson, 

 Icon. ined. B. M. t. 186. f. 1, 1. 187- f. 9, 10. 



Drawing of male, female and young. Hodgson, Icon. ined. B. 

 M. 1. 176, with details of the head, t. 177- 



Drawing of head of adult. Hodgson, Icon. ined. B. M. 1. 178. 



Drawing of skull of old male. Hodgson, Icon. ined. B. M. 

 1. 186. f. 3, 4. 



Drawing of skull of female. Hodgson, Icon. ined. B. M. 

 t. 187. f. 3, 4. 



" The Wild Sheep inhabit the snowy barriers of High Asia, 

 Ammon of Siberia being confined to the remoter, and Ammo- 

 noides of Thibet to the nearer ranges. They are distinguished by 

 their angular, compressed, nearly wrinkled horns, turned almost 

 into a perfect circle, and their flat points directed forwards and out- 

 wards, the short-disked tail, and absence of a beard." Hodgson. 



The Wild Sheep proper, or Nyens of the Thibetans, never mix 

 with the Nahoors. They are far more hardy, active and inde- 



