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rather spare, and not more abundant than in the Goat. Horns 22 

 inches along the curve, inserted high above the orbits on the crown 

 of the forehead, touching nearly at the base with their whole depth, 

 and carrying the frontal bones very high up between them, the pa- 

 rietals being depressed in an equal degree*. The horns diverge 

 greatly, but can scarcely be said to be spirally turned. They are 

 first directed upwards considerably before the facial line, and then 

 sweep downwards M'ith a bold cun-e, the points again being recurved 

 upwards and inwards. They are uncompressed, triangular, broadly 

 convexed to the front, and cultrated to the back. I'heir anterior 

 face is the widest, and is presented almost directly forwards : their 

 lateral faces, which are rectilinear, have an oblique aspect, and unite 

 in an acutish angle at the back. They are transversely wrinkled, 

 excejit near the tips, which are round and smooth. 



" The colour of the animal is a pale slaty blue, obscured with 

 earthy brown, in summer overlaid with a rufous tint. Head below, 

 and inside of the limbs and hams, yellowish white. Edge of the 

 buttocks behind and of the tail pure white. Face and fronts of the 

 entire limbs and chest blackish. Bands on the flanks the same, 

 and also the tip of the tail. Tongue and palate dark. Eye yellow 

 hazel. No odour. 



" Is found in the wild state in the Kachar region of Nepal, north 

 of the Jhdral, amid the glaciers of the Himalaya, and both on the 

 Indian and Tibetan sides of the snowy crests of that range : is suf- 

 ficiently bold and scandent, but far less pugnacious, capricious, and 

 curious than the Jhdral. Much less easily acclimatised in foreign 

 parts than he is, in confinement more resigned and apathetic, and 

 has none of the Jhdral' s propensity to bark trees with his horns, and 

 to feed upon that bark and upon young shoots and aromatic herbs. I 

 have tried in vain to make the Ndhoor breed with tame Sheep ; be- 

 cause he will not copulate with them. The female of the species 

 has the chafl'ron straight ; and the horns short, erect, subrecurved, 

 and greatly depressed. The young want, at first, the marks on the 

 limbs and flanks, and their nose is straight. 



" Remarks. Diff"ers from Ovis Musmon, to which it is closely 

 allied, by the decided double flexure of the horns, their presence in 

 the females, and the want of a tuft beneath the throat. 



" Having now completed the descriptions of the Wild Goat and 

 the Wild Sheep, I shall proceed to the exhibition of the points of dif- 

 ference and of resemblance between the two, beginning with the 

 former. 



Goat. Sheep. 



Whole structure stronger andl t 



° > Less so. 



more compact. J 



Limbs thicker and more rigid. Feebler and more slender. 



* The Goat's skull has the same form, but less strikingly developed ; and 

 unless I am mistaken, this form of the skull would afford a just and general 

 mark to separate Oris and Capra from Cerriis and Antdope. There Is a 

 gradation of characters in this respect among the Antelopes tending to the 

 Caprine type in their general structure. 



