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colour browner, and black areas more definite. Females and 

 young males lack a mane and black markings on head and 

 body, showing a blackish tint only on front of limbs ; in 

 males the black areas appear in tlie second or third year, 

 becoming larger and darker with age. Height at shoulder 

 from about 27 to 32 inches. 



The distributional area includes the mountains of Spain 

 and Portugal ; four local races being recognised. 



A. — Capra pyrenaiea pyrenaiea. 



Capra pyrenaiea typica, LydeVker, Wild Oxen, Sheep, and Goats, 



p. 257, 1898. 

 Capra pyrenaiea pyrenaiea, Cabrera, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1911, p. 966; 



Miller, Cat. Mamm. W. Europe Brit. Mus. p. 990, 1912. 



Typical locality Spanish Pyrenees ; the distributional 

 area formerly including the Pyrenees and eastern part of the 

 Cantabrian chain, but now restricted to region of Mt. Perdido, 

 Huesca. 



Dark markings attaining the maximum development ; 

 lateral stripe broad, black of withers extending downwards 

 nearly or quite to that of upper part of legs ; horns widely 

 spreading, with rim on antero-internal border sharply defined. 

 Good horns measure from 28 to 31 inches along outer curve, 

 with a girth of from 8^ to lOi inches, and a tip-to-tip 

 interval ranging from 20 to 28| inches. 



48. 2. 5. 4. Skin, mounted. Pyrenees. Purchased, 1848. 



48. 2. 5. 5. Skull, female. Pyrenees. Purchased, 1848. 



0. 10. 28. 1. Head, female, mounted. Spain. 



Presented by Lieut.-Col. J. Marriott, 1900. 



50. 9. 4. 1. Immature skin, mounted. Spain. 



Presented hij Sir B. Ourn, K.C.B., 1850. 



68. 9. 12. 12. Immature skin. Spain. 



Presented by the Zoological Society, 1868. 



B.— Capra pyrenaiea lusitaniea. 



Capra lusitaniea, Franca, Bull. Soc. Port. Sci. Nat. vol. ii, p. 144, 

 1909, based on the " Cabra-Montez da Serra do Gerez " of Bocage, 

 Mem. Ac. B. Sci. Lishoa,, ser. 2, vol. ii, pt. i, p. 1, pis. i, ii. 



Capra pyrenaiea lusitaniea, Miller, Cat. Mamm. TF. Europe Brit. 

 Mus. p. 991, 1912. 



