BLACK MOUNTAIN SHEEP 

 Oms stonei. 



Another species does exist, however, which has not only the 

 spreading horns of the variety just described, but also a difference 

 of color and range, although much the same in size. This is the 

 black mountain sheep found a little further south in British Colum- 

 bia, near the Stickins River. The upper parts of the body are 

 brown, so dark in comparison with the whiteness of the white moun- 

 tain sheep as to suggest the name black. In the southern portion 

 of its territory this coloring is much darker than further north, but 

 is always in strong contrast to the preceding. 



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