The Mountain Sheep and its Range 



females killed as to excite comment. Notwith- 

 standing Mr. Stone's gloomy view of the future 

 of this species, we may hope that the enforcement 

 of the game laws in Alaska will long preserve this 

 beautiful animal. 



Our knowledge of the habits of the Lower Cali- 

 fornia sheep inhabiting the San Pedro Martir 

 Mountains has been slight. Mr. Gould's admir- 

 able account of a hunting trip for them "To the 

 Gulf of Cortez," published in a preceding volume 

 of the Club's book will be remembered, and the 

 curious fact stated by his Indian guide that the 

 sheep break holes in the hard, prickly rinds of the 

 venaga cactus with their horns, and then eat out 

 the inside. 



Recently, however, a series of thirteen speci- 

 mens collected by Edmund Heller were received 

 by Dr. D. G. Elliot, and described, as already 

 stated, and he gives from Mr. Heller's note-book 

 the following notes on their habits: 



"Common about the cliffs, coming down occa- 

 sionally to the water holes in the valley. Most of 

 the sheep observed were either solitary or in small 

 bands of three to a dozen. Only one adult ram 

 was seen, all the others, about thirty, being either 

 ewes or lambs. The largest bunch seen consisted 

 of eleven, mostly ewes and a few young rams. 



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