518 SIR VICTOR BROOKE AND MR. B. BROOKE [June_15, 
“This species is, like Ovis heinsi, only known from skulls; 
amongst these is 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;” 
indeed it is “fone of the smallest and weakest of all the Central- 
Asiatic Sheep.” 
Range.—* This species inhabits the entire Karatau, with the 
exception of a few localities. It is abundant on the summits of the 
Buguni, on the rocks near Marnin-sas, and on the western portions 
of the Teranisk hills, where the numerous steep rocks and clefts 
near Boroldai afford them excellent security. They also occur on the 
summits of the Chayan Mountains ; further to the west I met with 
the species on the rocks of the Turlansky-pereval ; and, according to 
the statements of the people there, they are abundant also on the 
Min-Dielki, the highest point in the Karatau, where they ascend as 
high as 7000 feet. To the north-westward they are found all over 
the Karatau, and even at their feet, where the steppes commence, 
namely on the Kara-Murun hills, which are not more than 1000 feet 
above the level of the steppe, or 1500 feet above the sea-level.’ 
Habits.—“ Ovis nigrimontana keeps in very small flocks con- 
sisting of three or four individuals; they are found also sometimes 
single.” Mr. Severtzoff attributes this to the rocky nature of the 
ground to which the animals have been driven by the wandering 
tribes of the Kirgees. 
Part of Mr. Severtzoff's Table of Measurements of the Wild 
Sheep of Turkestan. 
Ovis poli, | O. karelini,, O. heins?, Gq ie 
adult ¢. | adult ¢. |5-years ¢. adult 3. 
in. lin, | in. lin, | in. lim. | im. lin. 
Length from nose to tail .... 79 O | 71 O ee ie 
Height at the shoulder ...... PA le, et? Sal hgh hag 34 0 
Hength Of horn’ \.....0chese.s- bf OF "aa" 0 33 2 38 «0 
mee between tips of 42 0 SO" ne antbelai fe 29 6 
HOMME EN hes keer ars 
Width of temple side of 2 
horn (orbital Bie pra a Dek | ae pier 
Width of nape side (nuchal | 
BUPA CE NE ee vcerosttantts er Sa | 5 ria ‘ 
Length of skull .............4. 140 HPSS oS ll 4 10 8 
The height and length of Ovis nigrimontana has been calculated 
from the size of the skull. 
We will now give descriptions of the Asiatic Argali not found in 
Turkestan. 
Ovis AMMON. 
1766. Capra ammon, Linn. Syst. Nat. edit. xii. p. 97. 
