54 OVIS. 



h. Oris ceTvina nelsoni (Merriam). 



Ovis nelsoni Merr., Proc, Biol. Soc. Wash., xi, 1897, p. 217. 



Ovis cervina nel?om Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 

 II, 1901, p. 46. Zool. Ser. 

 Nelson's Mountain Sheep. 



Type locality. Grapevine Mountains, boundan' line of Nevada 

 and California. 



Geogr. Distr. Mountains of southeastern California. 



c. Ovis eervina crinnnohates Elliot. 



Ovis cervina cremnobates Elliot, Pub. Field Columb. Mus., iii, 1903, 

 p. 239. Zool. Ser. Id. Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

 F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 84, figs. XXVI, XXVII. Zool. 

 Ser. 

 Lower California Mountain Sheep. 



Type locality. Mattomi, San Pedro Martir Mountains, Lower 

 California, Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. San Pedro Martir Range, and probably also the 

 Laguna Mountains, Lower California, Mexico. 



d. Olds cervina mejcieajiKs (Merriam). 



Ovis mexicanus Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xiv, 1901, p. 30. 

 Ovis cervina mexicanus Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

 F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 86, pis. xxxiv, xxxv. Zool. 

 Ser. 

 Mexican Mountain Sheep. 



Type locality. Mountains about Lake Santa Maria, State of 

 Chihuahua. 



Geogr. Distr. Sierra Madre and Guadalupe Mountains of northern 

 Mexico. Limits of range unknown. 



113. Ovis stonii Allen. 



Ovis sionei Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1897, p. iii, 

 pis. II, III. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11. 

 1901, p. 47. Zool. Ser. 

 Ovis canadensis liardensis Lydekk., Wild Oxen, Sheep &: Goats, 

 1898, p. 215. 

 Stone's Sheep. 



Type locality Che-on-nee Mountains, Coast Range, British 

 Northwest Territory. 



Geogr. Distr. From the Cassiar Mountains 61° north latitude and 

 south to the head waters of the Nelson and Peace Rivers, Rocky 

 Mountains; west to longitude 134°. Also found in the Stickeen, 

 Cheonnees, and Etsazas Mountains, Alaska. 



