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EQUVS HEMIONUS. Tib.—" Eyeing." 



This animal may be seen anywhere between the Tangia and 

 Mendza on the road to Gyantse ; after the latter place the valley 

 is too confined, as they prefer very wide open plains. They are 

 easy to approach and show very little fear of man. On one occa- 

 sion when camped at the village of Nyiru, to the east of Kangmar, 

 I was asked by the people to shoot one, as they did considerable 

 damage to the crops. The young are born in August. A photo- 

 graph of a young one appeared on p. 731 of Vol. XIX of our 

 Journal. 



OVIS AMMON H0DGS0N1. Tib.—" Nyen." 

 Ovis amnion are occasionally to be found in the hills at the 

 northern end of the Chumbi Valley and at several places on the 

 road to Gyantse. The young are born in June ; I have frequent- 

 ly seen newly-born lambs in this month and at the beginning of 

 July. I once saw a ewe apart from a herd with a single lamb at 

 the end of June, at a height of 14,000 feet, where some small 

 rhododendron bushes were growing which concealed the young 

 one when it lay down. A photograph of the best head obtained 

 appeared in Vol. XIX, page 980. Kowland Ward's measurements 

 for this head were : — 



Length on Front Curve . . . . . . . . 49|" 



Circumference . . . . . . . . . . . . 19" 



Spread from tip to tip . . . . . . . . 21^" 



OVIS NAHURA. Burhel. Tib.— " Na." 



Burhel are very common both in the Chumbi Valley above tree 

 level, and in the neighbourhood of Gyantse as well as at various 

 places on the road. The eleven entered in the game book measure 

 between 20 in. and 23 in.; smaller ones were occasionally shot for 

 food. I kept several tame ones which, though never tied up, 

 seldom strayed far. On two occasions single young were born 

 to these, on the 15th June and 8th August; but from what 1 

 have seen of young ones with the wild herds I think that August 

 is exceptionally late. Once a tame ram, 2\ years old, was lost for 

 two days and eventually found with a herd of wild ones, which he 

 left and ran to the man who was searching for him. The 

 horns of this one measured 13 ins. when three years old. These 



