OF INDIAN BIG GAME 



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girth 13|, and the tip-to-tip interval 46^ inches. The record 

 length is 75 inches. 



14.— 12. 10. 31. 74. Sknll and horns. Same locality ; 

 collected by Mr. A. Dalgleish. 



15.— 12. 10. 31. 75. Skull and horns. Same locality; 

 collected by Mr. Dalgleish. 



16.-12. 10. 31. 79. Skull an,d horns (fig. 4). Same 

 locality. 



Fig. 4. — Skull and Hobns oe Pamib AnaALi (Ovis ammon poli). 



THE URIAL, OR SHA. 



OVIS VIGNEI. 



Ovis vignei, Blyth, Froc. Zool. Soc. 1840, p. 70; Blanford, Fmma 

 Brit. India, Mamm. p. 497, 1891 ; LydeTcTcer, Wild Oxen, Sheep, 

 and Goats, p. 166, 1898, Oame. Animals of India, etc. p. 99, 

 1907, The Sheep and Its Cousins, p. 261, 1912 ; Ward, Records 

 of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 468, 1910. 



This species is represented by several local races, of which 

 three are represented in the collection, one of them having 

 been named bv Mr. Hume. 



A. — AstoF and Ladak Urial. 

 Ovis vignei vignel. 



Although typically from the Astor district, where it is 

 known as urin, this race is taken to include the urial or sha 

 — plural shapo — of Ladak. 



17.— 12. 10. 31. 99. Skull and horns. Near Leh, at an 

 elevation of 10,000 feet ; collected by Mr. N"ey Elias, the 

 well-known Central Asian traveller. In this specimen, which 

 stands No. 4 in Mr. AVard's list, the horns measure 36| inches 



