OF INDIAN BIG GAME 



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A.— Astor MaFkhor. 

 Capra falconeri faleoneri. 



In this, the typical, race the horns form a more open 

 spiral and are more divergent than in any of the others ; 

 their length being also great, although not the maximum. 



32.— 12. 10. 31. 55. Frontlet and horns (fig. 7). Astor. 

 In this specimen, which stands No. 43 in Mr. Ward's list, the 



Pig. 7. -Pbontlet ahd Hobns of Astob Maekhoe {Capra falconeri 



From Ward's Records of Big Game. 



horns measure 49 inches in length along the curve, 35 inches 

 in a straight, line, and 14 in girth, with a tip-to-tip interval 

 of 44 inches. 



33. — 12. 10. 31. 54. Skull and horns, provisionally 

 referred to this race. In Mr. Hume's MS. list this specimen 

 is stated to come from Astor ; but in Mr. Ward's list, where 

 it stands No. 18, the locality — on Mr. Hume's own statement 

 — is given as uncertain. The horns measure 54;J inches along 

 the curve and 10^ in girth, with a tip-to-tip interval of 



