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predominating ou face, and also pronounced on upper part 

 of neck and shoulders ; under-parts more rufous ; upper side 

 of tail fawn ; a white rump-patch present in some instances, 

 but in others represented merely by a paler area on lower 

 part of buttocks.* 



In summer the whole coat (No. 98. 2. 6. 8) very short, 

 and of a pale tint approximating to that of whitey brown 

 paper ; a white rump-patch. 



The range of this race, which formerly included a con- 

 siderable portion of the Altai, cannot be fully defined. 



45. 4. 21. 9. Head, mounted, and body-skin (winter coat). 

 Altai, Siberia; collected by Dr. Brandt. Described by 

 Brooke, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1875, p. 519. Purchased, 1845. 



45. 4. 21. 10. Skin, female, mounted. Altai; collected 

 by Dr. Brandt. Purchased, 1845. 



98. 2. 6. 8. Skin, mounted (summer coat). Altai. 



Presented hy St. George Littledale, Esq., 1898. 



98. 2. 6. 9. Skeleton. Altai. Same history. 



96. 10. 14. 1. Head (fig. 28), mounted (summer coat). 

 Altai. Presented hy Major C. S. Cumberland, 1896. 



96. 10. 14. 2. Skull, with horns, and scalp-skin. Altai. 



Sa7ne history. 

 95. 12. 13. 1. Imperfect skin. Kokagutch, KW. Altai. 



Same donor, 1895. 



97. 5. 18. 1. Head-skin. Altai. Same donor, 1897. 

 78. 12. 21. 23. Skin, female, mounted, provisionally 



referred to this race. Arcat Mountains, Siberia; collected 

 by Dr. 0. Finsch. 



Ily exchange loith Bremen Grographical Society, 1878 



B. -Ovis ammon mongolica. 



Ovis argali mongolica, Severtzow, Trans. Soc. Nat. Moscoiv, vol. viii, 



art. 2, p. 154, 1873. 

 Ovis jubata, Peters, Monatsl. Ak. Berlin, 1876, p. 117, pis. i-iv ; 



Przewalshi, Cat. Zool. Coll. p. 15, 1887 ; NoacJi, Zool. Anz. 1902, 



p. 626. 



* In the passage cited Brooke states that there is no rump-patch 

 in No. 45. 4. 21. 9, but that a large one is present in a specimen in 

 the Leyden Museum obtained by the same collector (Brandt), and 

 therefore jprobably from the same district. 



