CLASS I. MAMMALIA: ORDER 9. RUMINANTIA. 



51' 



The Argali, M. arc/ali, often confounded with the preceding, is a noble species, found in the 

 northern parts of Siberia, and also in Kamtschatka, in the mountains of which it is numerous. It 

 is remarkable, even among this active genus, for the agility with which it speeds along the rocks 

 and ledges of its native haunts. 



THE ARGALI. 



The Ruffed Mouflon, called Kcbsch by the Arabs, Aoudad by the Moors of Barbary, and 



Mouflon a Manchettes by the French, is a native of the Atlas Mountains of Northern Africa, and 



' is also found in Mt. Sinai, Ethiopia, and Abyssinia. It attains a very large size, measuring more 



