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instead of being closely curled beside the head, the tip of 

 the horn marking the greatest point of divergence or spread. 

 A comparison of the spread of the sheep killed by our party, 

 with the spread of sheep killed by Mr. Sheldon in the Ogil- 

 vie Rockies and the Pelly Mountains, will show the consid- 

 erable spread of the sheep horns in the locality visited by our 

 expedition, thus: 



Hoyt's ram killed August 3Oth, 1914: 



Number of age rings on horn 7 . 



Length of outside of horn 36 inches 



Spread from tip to tip 27 inches 



Circumference at base 14 inches 



Auer's ram killed September ist, 1914: 



Number of age rings on horn 8 



Length of outside curve on horn 34 inches 



Spread from tip to tip 23 inches 



Circumference at base 14 inches 



Auer's ram September 2nd, 1914: 



Number of age rings on horn ' 8 



Outside length of horn 37 inches 



Spread from tip to tip 24 inches 



Circumference of horn at base 15 inches 



Auer's 2nd ram on September 2nd, 1914: 



Number of age rings on horn 8 



Outside length of horn 38 inches 



Spread from tip to tip 25 inches 



Circumference of horn at base 15^2 inches 



Hoyt's ram killed September 2nd, 1914: 



Number of age rings , 8 



Outside length of horn . 36 inches 



Spread from tip to tip..... 27 inches 



Circumference of horn at base 15 inches 



The foregoing observations hold as to the heads brought 

 in by other members of my party and to rams that we ob- 



