462 MR. C. G. DANFORD ON THE [June 1, 
made by Linnzeus and Buffon, has himself fallen into the error of 
confounding the Agagrus with the Ovis tragelaphus and the Bart- 
schaf of Pennant. 
Wagner (Suppl. to Schreber, pt. iv. p. 502) says, ‘‘ Although 
these Goats are in their native countries (Persia, the Alps of Asia 
Minor, and the Caucasus) by no means rare, yet the imperfect de- 
scriptions which Gmelin has left, have not, up to this time, been corn- 
pleted.’ This completion he proceeds to make from a specimen in 
the Museum at Vienna, which was originally sent there by Dr. 
Brandt, to whose excellent article, which forms the bulk of M. Tehi- 
- hatchef’s chapter on C. egagrus, I will refer the reader for detailed 
descriptions of the animal. 
In the winter of 1873-74, while on an excursion up the valleys of 
the Meander and Harpasus, we made many inquiries respecting this 
species, but could obtain no evidence of its existence among the 
mountains of that district; and it was not until our next visit in 
December of last year that we met with it in the southern part of 
the country near Adalia. 
The picturesque town of Adalia is situated at the head of the 
Gulf of the same name, and is the principal place in the once popu- 
lous district of Pamphylia. It is surrounded on its landward sides 
by a wide brushwood-covered plain, bounded on the north and north- 
east by the Gok and other mountains of the Taurus, and on the 
west by the Solyman, a lofty spur of the same range, in which latter 
the present specimens were collected. 
These mountains, the principal summit of which, the Ak-dagh 
(white mountain), attains a height of 10,000 feet (Hoskyn), rise 
abruptly from the plain and sea, and are of very imposing and rugged 
forms. The pure grey tints of the marble and marble-limestone of 
which they are principally composed show beautifully between the 
snowy summits and the bright green of the pines and darker shades 
of the undergrowth of oak, myrtle, and bay, which clothe their lower 
slopes. 
The Wild Goat is here found either solitary or in small parties 
and herds, which number sometimes as many as 100; the largest 
which I saw contained 28. It is called by the natives Kayeek, 
which word, though applied in other parts of the country to the 
Stag, and sometimes even the Roe, is here only used to designate the 
Aigagrus, the Fallow Deer of this district being properly known as 
Jamoorcha. The old males of the Aigagrus inhabit, during sammer, 
the higher mountains, being often met with on the snow, while the 
females and young frequent the lower and easier ridges; in winter, 
however, they all seem to live pretty much together among the 
rocks, scattered pines, and bushy ground, generally preferring 
elevations of from 2000-5000 feet. Herr Kotschy says they never 
descend below 4000 feet in Cilicia; but his observations were made 
in summer. Mén¢triés mentions (Voy. Catal. Rais.) that in the 
Caucasus they are not found under 1000 feet unless when: driven 
down by hard weather. In the neighbourhood of Adratschan, at 
the southern extremity of the Solyman range, where the species is 
