1880.] THE MAMMALS OF ASIA MINOR. 59 



Gmelin's " Orientalische Schaaf" is still preserved in the St.- 

 Petersburg Museum. In his opinion it is quite distinct from 0. 

 gmelini, but agrees with specimens received from North Persia. 

 According to this view (as to which we have no material to found a 

 personal opinion upon), the synonymy of the Asia-Minor and 

 Cyprian Wild Sheep would appear to be as follows : — 



OviS GMELINI. 



Ovis gmelini, Blyth, P. Z. S. 1840, pp. 09, 78 (descr. orig.) ; ejusd. 

 Journ. As. Soc. Beng. x. pt. 2, p. 886 ; Fraser, Zool. Typ. pi. xxi. 

 [Based on the Erzeroom specimens now in the British Museum ; but 

 Gmelin's " Orientalische Schaaf" is regarded as identical.] 



Ovis anatolica, Valenciennes, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1856, p. 346 

 (descr. orig.); ejusd. Compt. Rend. Ac. Paris, xliii. p. 56; de Tchi- 

 hatcheff, As. Mineure, 2"" p'"= p. 727, pi. iv. 



Hab. Erzeroom {Didson Sr Boss, Mus. Brit.) ; Bulgar Dagh 

 (Tchihatchef, Mus. Par.) ; Cilician Taurus {Danford, Mus. Brit.). 



Ovis ophion. 



Ovis musimon, var. /3, orientalis, Brandt & Ratzeburg, Mediz. 

 Zool. i. p. 54, pi. ix. figs. 1 & a (descr. orig., 1828, nee Schreber). 



Ovis ophion, Blyth, P. Z. S. 1840, pp. 73, 78 (ex Brandt & Ratz.) ; 

 ejusd. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. x. pt. 2. p. 887. 



Ovis cyprius, Blasius, Siiugeth. Deutschl. p. 473, figs. 251, 252 

 (ex Br. & Ratz.). 



Hab. Cyprus {v. Sad; Mus. Berol.). 



We may remark that our national collection does not yet possess 

 a specimen of this latter Wild Sheep, which is supposed to be pecu- 

 liar to our " youngest dependency." 



30. *SciURUS SYRiACUS, Hemp. & Ehr. Dereek, Eallay. D. 

 & A., no. 26. 



31. *Spermophilus xanthoprymnus (Benn.). Arab-tauo- 

 chan. D. & A., no. 27. 



Many more specimens were obtained of this little-known Souslik, 

 which was fully described in our first paper ; those which were pre- 

 served show a remarkable uniformity both in proportions and colora- 

 tion. The species swarms over the whole barren district of the 

 interior, from Kaisariyeh to Eski-Shehir. A Souslik from Ok 

 Meidan, in European Turkey, obtained through the late Mr. Pearse 

 of Constantinople, proves to be S. citeUus (Linn.) ; probably the 

 Bosphorus is the limit between the ranges of the two species. 

 Other animals, apparently belonging to this genus, were observed 

 on the banks of the river Sakaria (Sangarius) ; these were grey in 

 colour, with pale-yellow breasts, but unfortunately no specimens 

 were procured. 



^ Eeise d. Eusssl., iii. p. 486, pi. Iv.; =JEffocerosmiisi7?ion, P.nllas, Zoogr. Eoss. 

 As. i. p. 230, pi. six. fig. 7 (part, nee Schreber) ; = Ovis orientaUg, Kejserling & 

 Blasius, Wivbelth. Europ. pp. v, 29 (part, 1840), Blasius, Saugeth. Deutschl. 

 p. 472, figs. 249, 250. 



