MAMMALIA. 177 



Ovis montana, Geoff. Ann. Mus. ii. 351. t. 60; Schreb. Saugth. 



t. 294 B., cop. Desm. E. M. t. . f . ; Desm. Mamm. 486 ; 



Richardson, Fauna Amer. Bor. ; Gray, List Mamm. B. M. 169. 

 Ovis Ammon, Harlan, Fauna Amer. 259. 

 Ovis Pygarga, H. Smith, Griffith A. K. 

 Ovis cervina, Desm. N. Diet. Hist. Nat. xxi. 553. 

 Big-homed Sheep, Ord in Blainv. Journ. Phys. 1817, 146. 

 Ovis Canadensis, Shaw, Nat. Misc. xv. t. 610, cop. E. M. t. 14. 



f. 4; Schreb. Saugth. t. 214; Richardson, Fauna Bor. Amer. 



t. 23; Lesson, Compl. Buffon, x. 311. 

 The Argali, Godman, Nat. Hist. ii. 329. t. 1 ; Cook, Voy. 

 Rocky Mountain Sheep, Richardson. 

 White Buffalo, Mackenzie. 

 Big Horn, Lewis fy Clerk, Travels. 



Var. 2. Ovis Californiana, Douglas, Zool. Journ. iv. 332; Blyth, 

 P. Z. S. 1840, 65 ; Ann. $ Mag. N. H. vii. 199. t. 5. f. b, 

 horns; Feruss. Bull. Sci. Nat. xviii. 447; Lesson, Compl. 

 Buffon, x. 213. 



Berindo, Forbes, California. 



Wild Sheep, Venegos, California. 



Missiliones, M. A. Pigafette in Ramusium, i. 354 b, iii. 361 b. 



Hob. N. America ; California. 



Male. California. Presented by Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. 

 Male and female. California. Presented by the Hudson's 

 Bay Company. 



Probably the same as the Ammon of Northern Siberia. 



b. Crumen none. Skull without infraorbital pit. Tail moderate. 



3. PSEUDOIS. 



Horns smooth, subcylindrical, directed towards the sides 

 (nearly at right angles with the axis of the body), and recurved 

 backwards at the tip, with a distinct longitudinal ridge on inner ? 

 side. Forehead convex. Neck not maned. Tear-bag none. Inter- 

 digital pores distinct. Body covered with hair, dark lateral streak 

 distinct. Tail well developed, not tufted at the end. Skull with- 

 out any infraorbital pit or fissure. Females sometimes hornless. 



Pseudois, sp., Hodgson, Var. Gen. Ruminants, 1846; Journ. 



Asiat. Soc. n. 173. 

 Ovis ft Sundevall, Pecora, 90. 



1. PSEUDOIS NAHOOR. The NAHOOR or NERVATE or SNA. 

 Ovis Nahura, Hodgs.; Gray, Cat. Mamm. 170. 

 O. Nayaur, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. i. 347. 



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