OVIS. 



497 



weight of an old male at about 600 lbs., but be did not weigh 

 one. 



Distrihntion. The high Pamir aud the plateaus west and north 

 of Eastern Turkestan, extending to the Alai. This sheep only 

 comes within Indian limits in Hunza, north of Gilgit. 



Habits. Precisely similar to those of 0. liodgsoni. The rutting- 

 seasou is in December and January. Some herds at this time are 

 large. 



345. Ovis vignei. The Urial or Shd. 



Ovis vignei, Bhjth, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 70 : id. A. M. N. H. vii, p. 251, 

 pi. V, fig. 9 (1841) ; Hidton, J. A. S. B. xv, p. 152; Horsfield, 

 Cat. p. 175; Sclafer, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 127, pi. Ixxix; Scully, 

 P. Z. S. 1881, p. 209 ; W. Sclafer, Cat. p. 139. 



Ovis cjcloceros, Hutfon, Calc. Jour. N. H. ii, p. 514, pi. xix (1842) ; 

 Sclater, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 128, pi. Ixxx ; Bli/th, Cat. p. 177 ; Jerdou, 

 Mam. p. 294 ; Blanford, Eastern Persia, ii, p. 87 ; Thomas, Tr, 

 L. S. (2) Zool. V, p. 63 ; W. Sclater, Cat. p. 138. 



Ovis montana, Cunningham, Ladak,^. 199, pi. vii (1854), «ec G. 

 Cuvier. 



Caprovis vignei, Adams, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 520. 



Ovis blanfordi, ILmie, J. A. S. B. xlvi,pt. 2, p. 327, pi. iv. (1877). 



Guch (S , Mish 5 , P. ; Shd {Shdiw S > Shdnio 2 ), Ladak ; Uri7i, Astor ; 

 Koh-i-dumhd, Afghanistan; Koch, Gad S ,Garand 2 , Balucli andSindhi; 

 Kar c5' ) Gad § , Brahui ; Uridl, Punjab. 



Fig. 102. — Skull and horns of Ovis vignei (Salt Eange variety). 



Fur coarse, close and short. Tail short. Adult rams have a 

 gular ruff of long hair commencing behind the chin in two lobes, 

 which immediately unite and extend down the middle of the 

 throat to the chest. 



Horns in male coarsely wrinkled transversely, triangxilar in 

 section ; orbital and nuchal surfaces not very much broader than 



