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244. CAPRA-IBEX-HIMALAYANA, Blyth, Proceed. 

 Zool Soc. 1840, p. 81. 



Himalayan Ibex, or Skeen, Hutton, Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. 

 II. p. 542. 



SKEEN, of the Himalayan range : written variously, SKYN, 

 SAKEEN, or SIKEEN, in different parts of the range. 



KYL, in Kashmir, Vigne. 



SKIN, the male, L' DAMUO, the female, in Ladakh, Moor- 

 croft. 



HAB. Ladakh, Strachey and Moorcroft. Kashmir, Vigne. 

 A. B. From Captain E. Strachey's Collection in Ladakh. 



245. CAPE A MEGACEROS, Hutton, Calc. Journ. Nat. 

 Hist. II. 535, pi. XX. 



Capra Falconeri, Hugel. Dr. A. Wagner, Beitriige zur 

 S&ngthier-fauna von Kashmir. Hugel's Kaschmir, 

 IV. p. 549. Schinz, Synops. Mamm. II. p. 463. 



MARKHORE, or MARKHUR, the Snake-eater, of the Afghans, 

 Hutton and Hugel. 



HAB. The mountain districts of Afghanistan, Hutton. The 

 highest parts of the Tibetan Himalayas, Hugel. 

 A. Horns, presented by Dr. H. Falconer. 



Both MM. Hutton and Wagner, in the works above referred to, 

 give detailed remarks on the peculiarities of the Markhore, or Snake- 

 eater. 



Mr. J. E. Gray (Knowsley Menagerie, p. 34) enumerates it as a 

 variety of Capra Hircus of authors. 



CAPRA HIRCUS, Linn. Syst. Nat. XII. I. p. 94. 



246. (Var. A.) CAPE A ^EGAGRUS CO SSI A, Dr. F. 

 {Buck.) Hamilton, Icon. Mus. Soc. Ind. Or. 



Gapra ./Eg. Cossus, De Blainv. 



Capra Hircus, var. the Cossia, Gray, Knowsley Menag. p. 34. 



HAB. The Cossia or Kassia Mountains, to the east of Silhet> 

 Hamilton. 



A. A Drawing in Dr. F. (Buchanan) Hamilton's Col- 

 lection. 

 " These Goats are found in the highest Cossea mountains ; where 



