CAPRINE 151 



dark colour and the slight development of the outer portion 

 of the knobs, especially iu the terminal third. 

 No specimen in collection. 



L.— Capra sibirica pedri. 



Capra sibirica pedri, Lorenz, Denies. K. Ah. Wiss. Wien, vol. Ixxx, 

 p. 104, 1906 ; Lydekker, Game Animals of India, etc. p. 119, 

 1907 ; Camerano, Atti Ac. Sci. Torino, vol. xlvi, p. 201, 1911. 



Typical locality Gilgit. 



A race with relatively slender horns, which are stated to 

 approximate in general characters to those of s. sibirica. In 

 a mounted head with part of the summer and part of the 

 winter coat, the former is yellowish fawn, and the latter dark 

 greyish brown. 



With this race Lorenz provisionally associates a Ladak 

 skull in the Museum, with horns stated to approximate to 

 those of s. sibirica; but, on distributional grounds, it seems 

 more probable that the Ladak ibex slaould be filippii, if this 

 be a distinct form. 



The Afghan and Chitral ibex (the latter of which has 

 pale-coloured horns and no light saddle in the summer coat) 

 are considered by Lorenz to represent probably a distinct 

 race ; but, on distributional grounds, it is likely that at least 

 the Chitral ibex is inseparable from tlie present race. 



3. 1. 15. 1. Mounted skin, provisionally referred to this 

 race, in winter coat, Chitral. There is a broad dark dorsal 

 stripe, but no sign of a light saddle- patch on the pale- 

 coloured coat. Presented by Capt. B. E. M. Gordon, 1902. 



The following specimens represent the Afghan ibex, of 

 which the systematic position is still uncertain : — 



86. 10. 15. 29-30. Two heads, mounted. Bala Murghab ; 

 collected by Dr. J. E. T. Aitchison, during Afghan Boundary 

 Delimitation Commission. 



Presented by the Government of India, 1886. 



86. 10. 15. 28. Skull, with horns. Same locality and 

 collector. Same history. 



