426 DR. F. STOLICZA ON OVIS POLL [Jllliel6, 



The hairs on the lower neck are very much lengthened, being from 5 

 to 6 inches long. Ears hoary brown externally, almost white inter- 

 nally. Pits in front of the eye distinct, of moderate size and depth, and 

 the hair round them generally somewhat darker brown than the rest 

 of the sides of the head. The nose is slightly arched and the muzzle 

 sloping. The hair is strong, wiry, and very thickly set, and at the 

 base intermixed with scanty, very fine fleece ; the average length 

 of the hairs on the back is from 2 to 2\ inches. The iris is brown, 

 The horns are subtriangular, touching each other at the base, curving 

 gradually with a long sweep backwards and outwards ; and after com- 

 pleting a full circle, the compressed points again curve backwards 

 and outwards ; their surface is more or less closely transversely ridged. 

 The following are measurements taken from a full-grown male, 

 though not the largest in the mission collection : — 



inches. 



Total length from between the horns to tip of tail 62 



Length of head 1 325 



Tail (including the ]£" long hair at tip) 55 



Distance between snout and base of ear (the eye lies below 



this connecting line) , 12*75 



Distance between base of ear and the eye 3-25 



Distance between snout and eye 8 - 5 



Distance from the contact of horns to snout 12 



Breadth between the anterior angle of eyes 6 



Length of ear in front 4*75 



Height of shoulder (the hair being smoothed, beginning from 



the edge of the middle of the hoof at the side) 44 



Girth round the breast 51*5 



Length of one horn along the periphery 48 



Circumference of one horn at base *. 15 



Distance between the tips 38 



The colour of full-grown females does not differ essentially from 

 that of the males, except that the former have much less white on 

 the middle of the upper neck. The snout is sometimes brown, some- 

 times almost entirely white, the dark eye-pits becoming then particu- 

 larly conspicuous. The dark ridge along the tail is also scarcely 

 traceable. 



In size, both sexes of Ovis poll appear to be very nearly equal ; but 

 the head of the female is less massive, and the horns, as in allied 

 species, are comparatively small : the length of horn of one of the 

 largest females obtained is 14 inches along the periphery, the distance 

 at the tips being 15 inches, aud at the base a little more than 1 inch. 

 The horns themselves are much compressed ; the upper anterior ridge 

 is wanting on them ; they curve gradually backwards and outwards 

 towards the tip, though they do not nearly complete even a semicircle. 



In young males, the horns at first resemble in direction and slight 

 curvature those of the female, but they are always thicker at the base 

 and distinctly triangular. 



The length of the biggest horn of male along the periphery of curve 



