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of the hairs ; back of legs light-coloured, in some specimens 

 nearly white. In summer the general colour reddish brown 

 fawn, tending to grey on head, a distinct light neck-patch 

 and saddle, which may be nearly white, and hind surface of 

 limbs whitish. Horns very long and relatively slender, 

 with comparatively small knots, and the tip-to-tip interval 

 generally small (not so in the head liere figured) Fine 

 horns measure from 54 to 58 inches along front curve, with 

 a girth of from 10 j to 11| inches, and a tip-to-tip interval 

 ranging from 24 to 44^ inches. In one specimen of 

 58 inches the tip-to-tip interval is 44^, while in another of 

 57^ it is only 24 inches. 



2. 1. 12. 1. Skin, in summer coat, mounted, of a ten-year 

 old buck. Near Kulja. 



Presented hij P. V. Van der Bijl, Esq., 1902. 



2. 3. 9. 4. Head, mounted, of a twelve-year old buck 

 (fig. 38). Length of horns 50|, girth 11^, tip-to-tip interval 

 35^ inches. Near Kulja. 



Presented by St. George Littledcde, Esq., 1902. 



2. 3. 9. 3. Skin, in summer coat. Lower Kok-su, Tian 

 Shan. There is a distinct dorsal stripe, and a moderate sized 

 whitish saddle patch. 



Presented hy St. George Littledede, Esq., 1902. 



2. 3. 9. 5. Skull, with liorns. Near Kulja. Same history. 



13. 2. 6. 2. Body-skin, summer coat. Near Kulja 



Presented by Col. J. H. Abbot Anderson, 1913. 



G.— Capra sibirica merzbacheri. 



Capra sibirica merzbacheri, Leisewitz, Zool. Ann. vol. xxix, p. 654, 

 1906 ; Lorenz, Denhs. K. Ak. Wiss. Wien, vol. Ixxx, p. 89, 1906 ; 

 Lydekker, Game Animals of India, etc. p. 118, 1907. 



Typical locality central Tian Shan, inclusive of the 

 Naryn district. 



Stated to differ from almasyi by the lighter tone of the 

 dark areas, the more distinctly defined dorsal saddle, and 

 the" much shorter, more divergent, and more heavily knotted 

 horns. 



No specimen in collection. 



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