SYNOPSIS OF THE 



flat, and naked at base; below the chin, bearded. Reside 

 in the primitive and highest mountains of the ancient con- 

 tinent. The domestic varieties are more or less subject to 

 modifications in their general characters. 



!. 1. Capra Ibex (the Ibex.) Adult male, two feet 

 eight inches high at the shoulder ; five feet long from 

 nose to tail ; horns flat, with two longitudinal ridges at 

 the sides, crossed by numerous transverse knots. They are 

 subvertical, curved backwards, about thirty inches long, 

 dark coloured, and very robust ; ears short, pointed ; legs 

 strong; general colour, red-brown in summer, and gray- 

 brown in winter ; beard, short and dark ; inside of ears, 

 and under part of tail, white. Female, horns short, more 

 erect, with three or four knots in front ; general colour, 

 earthy brown and ashy : the young gray. 



Ibex, Pliny, Gesner. Capra Ibex, Linn, et Auctor. Bou- 

 quetin of the French. Steinbock of the Germans. 



Icon. Buff. Meisner. Nobis. 



Habitat. The snowy regions of the Alps, Pyrenees, 

 Asturias, Apennines, Tyrol, 8^c. 



869. 2. C. Jaela, Nob. (Abyssinian Ibex.) Adult male 

 somewhat higher at the shoulder than the former ; horns 

 three feet long, subvertical, forming a semi-circle back- 

 wards, sub-triangular, round in front, with twenty-three 

 irregular prominent knots, extending along the external 

 surface, with several smaller at base, and interposed 

 among the upper, of a dirty horn colour ; beard short ; 

 general colour, dirty brownish-fawn, with a dark streak 

 along the back ; long hair under the throat. 



Var? the Siberian Ibex, Ibex Alpium Sibiricarum 

 of Pallas, pale gray and brown, black line on the back and 

 down the front of the legs, black space on the upper 

 arm, and under parts white. 



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