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the summer the coat is lighter coloured, having in spring a more or less marked 
grey hue. The erect ears are sharply pointed; and the horns, except at their tips, 
are marked both by slight transverse rings and by longitudinal strie. Fair-sized 
horns are about 7 inches in length, but some specimens measure as much as 9 
inches, or rather more, while a few reach 10} inches. The weight of a buck 
chamois may vary from 50 to 70 Ibs. Light-coloured, or even white varieties, are 















THE CHAMOIS (5 nat. size), 
occasionally met with. The face has a small gland below the eye, and there 
is a corresponding shallow depression in the skull for its reception; while the 
muzzle is completely covered with hair. The hoofs have their outer edges higher 
than the central portion, and are thus adapted for securing a firm foothold on 
rocks. 
The chamois has a wide distribution in the mountains of Europe, 
occurring in the Pyrenees (where it is known as the izard), the 
mountains of the coast of Spain, in Dalmatia and Greece, in the Carpathians, the 
Distribution. 
