532 Wild Goat of Afghanistan. 



The hybrid female now in my possession exhibits the 

 following characteristics : — Her dam was captured young 

 among the hills of Pisheen, and being brought up with the 

 domestic flock, soon produced the female, which through 

 the kindness of my friend Major Leech, was afterwards pre- 

 sented to me. This cross stands somewhat lower on its 

 legs than the wild goat, is far less active, and shy, and yet 

 although bred and brought up among the tame flock, she 

 still partially retains the distrust of the wild stock. Her 

 horns are flat, and broader than in the true breed ; they rise 

 on a level with the plane of the face, and towards the summits 

 gradually turn outwards, presenting the flat surface to the 

 front. The centre of the face is white, bordered with black ; 

 this is derived from the domestic sire, and with this excep- 

 tion, the form and direction of the horns, and a beard on 

 the chin, she is in all respects similar to the wild breed. 

 The body is of a yellowish brown, with the tail black, 

 and the dark dorsal stripe ; the collar is wanting, (as is 

 often the case with the wild one,) but the chest is dark, and 

 the black markings of the legs are as well defined as in 

 the iEgagrus, and the ears are short, pointed, and erect. 



The winter colouring is darker, but in disposition the 

 same, and the soft wool beneath the hairy coat is longer 

 and more abundant than in the wild goat, and finer than 

 that of the domestic one. 



In November 1839, she admitted the domestic goat, and 

 on the 30th April 1840, she produced two young males ; 

 the one was wholly black with white-spotted semi-pendent 

 ears ; white frontal star, and white muzzle. 



This colouring was derived from the tame male. 



The other was of a pale brown, with black face, black 

 dorsal stripe, black tail, dark medial line, and the markings 

 on the chest and forepart of the limbs, corresponding in all 

 respects to the wild breed. 



These kids were produced in a yard, where a wild ram 



