I )r. N . Scvertzoff on tlte MavimaJ.s of Turkestan. 2 1 1 



round tlic iK'ck is a puir white iiiaiic ; aiwl almi;,' \\w vcrtrltral 

 column from the sliouklcrs to the loin tliere is a dark line. 

 The Uijht tjreyitih brown colour of the sides shades off into rrhite 

 on the heflji; there is a white jxitch round the tail, which is 

 bounded aboce btj a rather d<irk line ; but doirmrards the white 

 exten</s ian/i/i/ arer the hind part of the thitjhs^ and shades 

 (jradna//// into the brown cobmr of the h-(js. I did not observe 

 soft under-hair below the long winter liair in the month of 

 October. 



Length 6 feet 7 inclios, licight 3 feet 10 inches ; length of 

 horn 4 feet 9 inches. 



5. Oris lie ins a. 



The horns are not massive ; they are laterally compressed, 

 and have three sharp edges ; the inner spiral would tit on an 

 inverted cone, with the base towards the skidl. The maxil- 

 laries are separated from the nasals by a small bone ; the 

 praMnaxillai articulate only with the maxillaries, and do not 

 touch the nasals at all. The anterior edge of the lachrymal 

 is rounded between the maxillary and malar, where a small 

 process is visible ; the malar in front finishes in three rather 

 rounded processes ; the middle one is the largest, and is about 

 as large as the j)rocess of the lachrymal, which latter, like the 

 malar, is broad and short. 



This species is known only from skulls of middle-aged spe- 

 cimens witii not completely developed horns. Specimens seen 

 by me at rather a great distance appeared to be greyish brown ; 

 but 1 could not exactly define the colour. The height, judging 

 from the skulls, would be a little less than that of Ovis 

 Karelini. 



6. Oris nigrimontana. 



The horns are not massive ; the nuchal edge is very sharp, 

 and the two oilier edges are not much rounded ; the frontal 

 surface is narrow, the two other surfaces are rather concave ; 

 the orbital surface commences to get narrower on the last third 

 of the horn, which is three and a half times as long as the 

 skull. The basal and terminal chords are not parallel, the 

 latter being more horizontal ; the inner spiral of the horn is 

 cone-shaped, getting a little narrower towards the point of 

 the horn. The pra-maxillai articulate with the nasals, which 

 are separated from the maxillaries by the small bone between 

 them. The lachrymal is elongated, somewhat narrow, tcith 

 one roundid |)rocess, and comes more forward than is the case 

 with the malar ; the front edge of the latter is straight, and 

 joins the lower edge in a sharj) angle; a process of the maxil- 

 lary fits in between tiie two above-mentioned bones. 

 The head is pyramid -shaped, broad and blunt. 



