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Typical locality Bad Lands between White and Cheyenne 

 Eivers, South Dakota. 



Described from the evidence of skulls and horns ; the 

 former of which are characterised, in addition to certain 

 structural peculiarities, by their large size and the great 

 proportionate length of the row of cheek-teeth, while the 

 latter are stated to be longer and more slender than in the 

 typical race. 



ISTo specimen in the collection. 



D.— Ovis canadensis nelsoni. 



Ovis nelsoni, Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. xi, p. 218, 



1897 ; Hornaday, 5th Bep. N. Yorlt Zool. Soc. 1900, p. 120, 1901 ; 



Stone and Cram, Amer. Mamm. p. 64, 1903; Osgood, N. Amer. 



Fauna, No. 30, p. 51, 1909. 

 Ovis canadensis nelsoni, LydeTcher, Wild Oxen, Sheep, and Goats, 



p. 208, 1898, Great and Small Game of Europe, etc. p. 10, 1901, 



The Sheep and Its Cousins, p. 290, 1912 ; Stephens, Calif. 



Mamm. p. 58, 1906 ; Mearns, Mamm. U.S. and Mexican Bound. 



Siirv. vol. i, p. 245, 1907 ; Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, 



p. 391, 1910. 

 Ovis cervina nelsoni, Elliot, Synop. Mamm,. N. Amer. {Zool. Publ. 



Field Mus. vol. ii) p. 46, 1901, Check List Mamm. N. Amer. etc. 



{Zool. Publ. Field Mus. vol. vi) p. 54, 1905 ; Allen, Bull. Amer. 



Mus. Nat. Hist. vol. xxxi, p. 26, 1912. 



Typical locality Grapevine Mountains, on the border of 

 southern California and Nevada. 



Size small, coat short, stiff, and harsh, with a colour 

 pattern similar to that of stonei (p. 120), but the tint much 

 paler — pale dingy brown according to Merriam, pale salmon- 

 grey according to Hornaday. Eump-patch small, com- 

 pletely divided by dark median line, and frequently indistinct ; 

 under-parts and limbs (except where white) much darker 

 than back, contrasting sharply with white areas. Tail 

 short and sparsely haired. Forehead less concave than 

 in canadensis, and cheek-teeth smaller and forming a 

 shorter row. 



The range comprises the mountains of southern Nevada, 

 of the south of California, and of the northern part of Lower 

 California. 



No specimen in the collection. 



