98 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



G. Ovis ammon nigrimontana (p. 103). 



Ovis poloi nigrimontana, Nasonov, Bull. Ac. Sci. St. Petersb. 1914. 

 pp. 705 and 772, pi. ii. 



Typical locality Karatau (Black Mountain), province of 

 Syr Daria, eastward of the city of Turkestan, on the right or 

 eastern bank of the Syr Daria, Eussian Turkestan (not 

 Bokhara, as stated in vol. i, p. 104). 



A relatively large race, with horns of the 0. a. karelini 

 type, but more expanded, and thus approximating to those of 

 0. a. poli ; apparently no throat-ruff. 



No specimen in collection. 



G 1 . Ovis ammon severtzovi. 



Ovis severfczovi, Nasonov, Bull. Ac. Sci. St. Petersb. 1914, p. 761. 



Typical locality Karatau or Nurata range, 100 miles 

 north-west of Samarkand, on the Bokharan frontier of 

 Eussian Turkestan. 



Type in Petrograd Museum. 



A smaller race (represented by the skull and horns 

 figured in vol. 1, p. 103, as 0. a. nigrimontana) than the last, 

 approximating in certain respects to 0. vignei arkar, especially 

 in the presence of a distinct throat-ruff, which does not, 

 however, extend on to the sides and muter-surface of the 

 head ; general colour as described in vol. i, p. 104. 



No specimen in collection. 



I 1 . Ovis ammon collium. 



Ovis collium, Severtzow, Nadir. Ges. Natur. Moscow, vol. viii, no. 2, 

 p. 154, 1873 ; Kowarzig, Zool. Anz. vol. xli, p. 442, 1914. 



Ovis poloi collium, Nasonov, Bull. Ac. Sci. St. Petersb. 1914, p. 744, 



pi. iii. 

 (Omitted from vol. i.) 



Typical locality Kirghiz Steppe, north of Lake Balkash. 



Type in Moscow Museum. 



Descriptions in Eussian. Nasonov's figure shows a large 

 white-muzzled argali, with horns approximating closely to 

 the 0. a. poli type, but stouter and less expanded. 



No specimen in collection. 



