THE BIG-HORN OF MEXICO 31 
snow on their wild pasture was knee deep, and the sheep were 
pawing through it to reach the tallest blades of dry grass, they 
were as well fed and fat as if they had been feeding at a manger. 
> 1G a bs Keay Stes! 
Copyright, 1902, by Harry Pidgeon. 
HEAD OF WHITE MOUNTAIN 
SHEEP. 
Shot and photographed on the 
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, by 
Harry Pidgeon. 
flattened. They vary 
in length from 5 to 8 
inches. 
Tue PinacatE Bic- 
Horn (Ovts canadensis), 
of the Pinacate Moun- 
tains, in the north- 
The largest horns of 
this species measure 18 
inches in circumference 
at the base; but any 
horns which are 15 
inches in basal circum- 
ference may be consid- 
ered large. All female 
wild sheep have horns, 
but they are small, 
short, erect and much 
western corner of Sonora, Mexico, on the eastern shore of the 
Gulf of California, is of the same species as the Big-Horn of 
the Rocky Mountains, but it is of peculiar interest. It in- 
habits what is literally one of the jumping-off places of the 
