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Other localities : — Ladak ; Barinda 

 Pass, Punjab ; Garwhal ; Kumaon ; 

 Nepal; Sikkim (B. M.) ; Sikkim 

 (M. S. I.). 



Ty^e:—Q. M. No. 43.1.12.122; 

 (skull and horns 43.1.26.12.). 



Gen. yi. — Capra. 



Lydekker accepts the name 

 No. 347. osgagrus, Gmel. blythi, Hume, for the Persian Wild- 

 No. 348. sibirica, Mey. goat, ranking it however as a sub- 

 No. 349. falconeri, Wagn. species of Jiircus, L. The Ibex and 



Markhor are well marked forms, 

 iDut they have been split into a large number of subspecies, based to 

 a great extent on the size and shape of the horns, characters which 

 vary considerably and are most difficult to describe. Lydekker re- 

 icognises seven of these subspecies, viz., four of the one and five of 

 the other, but confesses his inability to arrange them in any kind 

 «of key. I, too, have therefore omitted these forms from my key, 

 ■but have entered them separately under the heading Distribution. 

 The three main forms may be distinguished as follows ; — 



Key to the forms of Capra. 



A. — Horns scimitar-shaped; beard long, 

 and restricted to the chin. 



a. Front side of horns compressed to an 



edge ... ... ... . . . 1 . hircus blythi, Hume. 



b. Front side of horns wide, flattened... 2. sibirica group. 

 ^.- -Horns spirally twisted ... ... 3. falconeri grouip. 



Distribution : — 



1. C. hircus blythi, Hume. Type locality : — Sind. 



Other localities :■ — -Khirtan Hills, 

 Uric Hill, Surjun Hills, and Mekran 

 Hills, Sind ; Baluchistan (B. M.). 

 Type:—B. M. No. 12. 10. 31. 62. 

 2 (a). C. sibirica wardi, Type locality :■ — -Nanga Parbat, Bal- 

 Lydekker. tistan (Ward). 



Other localities :■ — Baltistan (B. M-)- 

 Type:—B. M. No. 0. 6. 25. 1. 

 2 (6) G. sibirica shyn, Type locality :■ — -North and East 



Wagner. Kashmir. 



Other localities : — Tillel Valley and 

 Sind Valley, Kashmir; Wardwan; 

 Khagan Valley, Hazara (B. M.). 

 Type : — Unknown. 



