THE SPANISH IBEX. 



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its way to them by the Toledo mountains and the Sierra Morena, 

 turning afterwards along the mountainous ridges of Eastern 

 Spain northwards to the lower Ebro basin. JSTotwithstanding the 

 proximity of this region to the Pyrenees, I cannot believe that 

 the Ibex inhabiting it immigrated directly from the Pyrenean 

 chain, as it is very different from the form found here, and quite 

 indistinguishable from the southeni race. 



In the geographical range of the Spanish Ibex four perfectly 

 distinct areas may be distinguished, although now reduced to a 

 number of small isolated colonies by continued pei^secution from 



Proc. ZooL. See— 1 91 1 , No. LXYI, 66 



