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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



Head of Male Bhaial. 



BHARAL (Ovis nahura). 



Having horns not unlike those of the East Caucasian tur, the 

 bharal, or blue sheep of Tibet, differs from the goats by the absence of 

 a beard and a strong odour in the males, and on account of these 

 and other points of difference from the goats is placed among the 

 sheep, of which group it forms a very aberrant member. The most 

 distinctive external features are the comparatively smooth and olive- 

 coloured horns, which curve at first outwards and then backwards from 

 the sides of the head ; and the bluish gray colour of the thick fur 

 of the back and sides ; the flanks, under parts, and legs being 

 handsomely marked with black and white. Height at shoulder about 

 5 3 inches; weight about 130 lbs. In the complete absence of 

 glands on the face the bharal differs from the more typical sheep 

 and resembles the goats. 



Distribution. — Tibet, from Shigar, in Baltistan, and near Sanju, south- 

 east of Yarkand, to Moupin in Eastern Tibet, and from the main 

 axis of the Himalaya, or locally some distance south of the same, 

 to the Kuenlun and Altyn Tag ; in summer usually met with at 

 elevations between 14,000 and 16,000 feet, and apparently never 

 found below about 10,000 feet. 



Lcngtii on Circum- 



front cur\e. ferencc. 



Tip to Tip. 



Localily. 



Owner. 



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3ii 



134 



Ladak 



The late B. H. Hodgson, P.Z.S. 



1840, p. 66. 

 J. Campbell of Kilberry. 



