I >r. N. Severtzort' mi t/it> MammaLi nf Turhestdn. 171 



()4. Antilope saiya. 



I never met with this species, except in winter, when it is 

 tolerably coiniiion tlironn^hout Turkestan, with the exception 

 of the Zarevshan districts and the Kisil-kuni steppes, ex- 

 tending as tar as the sea of Aral. For the sununer it leaves 

 this cDuiitrv for the north. 



C^h. Ovia Kare/im\ sp. n. 



1 nut witli this species in the high mountains of the north- 

 eastern portion of lurkestan, where it kept all the year round. 



(^y: infrh.) 



(K). Un\s J'n(li\ Hlytli. 



Inhabits the summits of tiic mountains of North-eastern 

 Turkestan, and does not descend below about 10,000 feet, 

 keeping mostlv just below the range of peqietual snow. 

 {Cf.tnfrh.) 



67. Ovis Heinaiij sp. n. 



At the same altitude as 0. Karelini, only south of the 

 localities inhabited by the latter, {([f. iafrh.) 



08. Oris nigrwiontannj sp. n. 



In the western Thian-Shan mountains and the Karatau this 

 animal is a resident in the larch-wood and apple- and ash-grove 

 district, about HOOO feet altitude, {([f. infra.) 



(39. Oris arieSj var. steatopyga. 



Is kept throughout Turkestan up to a height of 7000 to 

 8000 feet above the sea, and in summer even to the range of 

 perpetual snow. {Cf. infrh.) 



Ovis Karelini^ Sev. Orris PoUi. Ovis Heinsii, Sev. 

 Ovis nigrimoniana, Sev. 



Before describing and comparing the different characters of 

 the above species of Turkestan sheep discovered by me, I 

 think it desirable for clearness to explain the different distinc- 

 tions of the species forming the genus Ovis^ many of which 

 arc introduced by me here for the first time. 



The specific characters of sheep consist in the different size 

 and shape of the horns and the various parts of the skull, the 

 .shape of the whole head, the mane of the neck, the difference 

 in colour, ami the si/,o of the animal. riie t,n'neral form of the 



