212 I )r. N . Sovevtzoff on the. Mammals of Turkestan. 



Of this species also only skulls were obtained, among which 

 was one of an adult male. Through a telescope I saw 

 that the colour of the animal is light greyish brown, with a 

 white belly and rump. It is considerably smaller than Ovis 

 Karelini. 



7. Oin's an'es. 



1 am sony to say I have no materials here to make com- 

 parisons between the Turkestan domestic sheep, the wild ones 

 of that country, and the European sheep ; the few skulls I 

 collected I left in Tashkent. Some remarks regarding this 

 will be made later on. 



To complete the comparative diagnosis [ here give some 

 comparative measurements. 



0. PoHi, 

 adult S- 



0. Karelini. 

 adult S- 



0. Heinsii, 



5 years S ■ 



0. nigri- 

 montana, 

 adult c^. 



I Length from the nose to the tail 

 ; Height at the shoulders .... 



i Length of horn 



i Distance between the tips of 



horns 



I Width of the orbital surface of 



horns 



„ uuchal surface 



of horns. . . . 



„ frontal surface 



of horns .... 



j Length of the skull 



A The greatest width of the skull 

 B Width at the posterior molars 

 C „ middle molars . . 



D „ anterior molars 



E „ anterior part of 



I maxillae .... 



F „ prsemaxillse .... 



•A Length of .skull to A 



•B ,. „ B 



'C. „ „ C 



•D „ „ D 



•E „ „ E 



•F „ ,. F 



j Ridge round the ba^e of the 

 horn 



7 0: 



10 0: 



9 0= 

 6 0= 

 6 



=1 5 II 0: 

 :0-o8 3 G 5 = 

 :0-72 13 8 0= 



=0o3 2 8 0= 



o 4 



:1 



= 0-60 i 



:0-62 133 2 



:0-4o .31 4 



4 2 



4 9 = 1 



2 10 0=0-60 



3 2 0=0-67 



2 6 5=0-52 

 4 



In this list the measurements of the general size of Ovis 

 nigrimontana are calculated from the skull and by the propor- 

 tion of the length of the skull to the length of the body as far 

 as the base of the tail. These proportions are nearly the same 

 in 0. Poln as in 0. Karelini. in which these calculations 



agree with the actual measurements. 



