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in length liy 11^- in girth, with a tip-to-tip interval of 

 4h inches. The record horn-length is 39 inches. 



B.— Punjab Urial. 



Ovis vignei punjabiensis, nom. n. 



Ovis vifjnei cycloceros, Lydekker, Wild Oxen, Sheep, and Goats, , 

 p. 172, Qa7ne Animals of India, etc. p. 101, 1907, The Sheep 

 >ind Its Cousins, p. 261, 1912; Ward, Records of Big Oame, 

 ed. 6, p. 410, 1910 ; nee 0. cyoloeeros, Hutton. 



This race, the true nrial, is a rather smaller and redder 

 slieep than the last, with the girth of the horns seldom 

 exceeding 10 inches. 



18.-1:^. 10. 31. 65. Skull and horns, Salt Range, Punjab ; 

 shot by Mr. Hume. Length of homs 33^, girth 9^, tip-to- 

 tip interval 12^ inches. This is the second best urial 

 definitely known to be from the Salt Eange in Mr. Ward's 

 list ; the horn-length in the best being 34 inches. 



C— Afghan Urial. 

 Ovis vignei eyeloeeros. 



Ovis eyeloeeros, Hutton, Calcutta Journ. Nat. Hist., vol. ii, p. 514, 



1842. 

 Ovis blanfordi, Hume, Journ. Asint. Soc. Bengal, vol. xlvi, pt. 2, 



p. 327, 1877. 

 <")vis vignei blanfordi, Lydekker, M'ild Oxen, Sheejp, and Ooats, p. 174, 



1898, Game Animals of India, etc. p. 100, 1907, The Sheejj and 



Its Cousins, p. 264, 1912; Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, 



p. 410, 1910. 



In this race the horns (fig. 5) are thicker than in the 

 last, and tend to turn outwards at the tips, forming a more 

 open spiral than in the other races, and have the front angles 

 pn)minent and occasionally .showing a beaded structure. 



The urial inhabiting Waziristan and the Trans-Indus 

 districts generally, as well as Baluchistan, are included in 

 tlds lace. 



19. — VI. 10. 31. 71. Skull and horns. Kelat, Baluchistan. 

 Type of blcnfordi ; collected by Dr. Duke. Length of 

 horns 34J, girth 9, tip-to-tip interval 17 inches. 



20.— 12. 10. 31. 66. Skull and horns (fig. 5). Haji 

 Khan, Kelat. Length of horns 37ij, girth lOj, tip-to-tip 



