OF INDIAN BIG GAJIE 7 



1902 the present writer* described a sheep from the soutli- 

 east of Kulja, or Hi, in the Tiaii Slian, as 0. saircnsis little- 

 dalei, a title subsequently changed to 0. animon littkdalei,'\ 

 and he has hitherto been in doubt whether the Kashgarian 

 sheep should be referred to this race, to karelini, or to a 

 distinct form. A re-examination of the specimens in the 

 Museum (including a skin of littledalei obtained with the 

 type) has led to the conclusion that the Kashgarian sheep 

 represents a distinct race, for which the name of 0. ammon 

 humei is proposed ; the type being a mounted ram in the 

 Museum, brought home by the Yarkand Mission, and 

 described by Brooke, | with which the under-mentioned 

 pair of horns may be associated. 



The following are the distinctive features of these races 

 (of which only the last is included in this Catalogue), from 

 specimens in the winter coats : — 



0. a. littledalei. Horns (fig. 3) shorter and less expanded 



I'iG. 3. — Skull and Horns op Kulja Aegah {Ovis ammon littledalei). 



than in poli, forming a little more than one complete turn. 

 Head brownish grey, with a nearly pure white muzzle; 

 throat-ruff pale yellowish fawn; general colour of upper- 

 parts (including nape) bright rufous fawn, rather darker on 

 middle of back, but no distinct dorsal lino or flank-band; 

 thighs coloured like back ; no light rump-patch ; tail pale 

 yellowish fawn, with a whitish tinge ; fore-legs whitish grey 



* Proc. Zool. Soc, 1902, p. 83. 



t Lydekker, Field, vol. cxiii, p. 117, 1909, The Sheep and Its 

 Cousins, p. 277, 1912. 

 J Op. oit., p. 513. 



