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and sides are brownish ash-grey; the sides of the head, 

 neck, outer surface of the legs, and sides of the belly black ; 

 belly, hinder portion of the fore-legs, and a spot on the 

 hind-feet pure white ; a line along the back and the tail 

 blackish ; ears yellow-brown. 



The following dimensions of the two species, as well as the 

 foregoing description, are from Schinz's ' Europ. Fauna' : — 



O. Ibex. C. Pyrenaica. 



Head and body . . 3 ft. 5 to 7 in. 5 ft. 1 in. 



Tail „ 4| in. „ 8 „ 5 lin. 



Height at the shoulder .. 2 „ 8 „ 



Horns along the curve . . 2 „ 6 „ 



The most obvious distinction between this and the last 

 species would appear to consist in the difference of size, the 

 shape of the horns, and in the beard. Blasius, notwith- 

 standing, considers the G. Pyrenaica to be merely a variety 

 of the Swiss Ibex. It is not known what change, if any, 

 in the colour of the fur occurs during the year. 



The Pyrenean Ibex inhabits, as its name imports, the 

 Pyrenean range, but now only on the Spanish side, and 

 there but in small numbers ("Widdrington). The Ibex of 

 the Sierra Nevada, and of the mountains near Eonda, is 

 probably of this species ; that of the Island of Crete is more 

 likely to differ ; both these points, however, remain to be 

 cleared up, and deserve the attention of travellers. 



Genus OVIS. SHEEP. 



Six grinding teeth in each jaw on each side ; incisors 

 equal ; horns hollow, persistent, rough, and angular, more 

 or less spirally twisted; chin without a beard; an open 

 sac or fossa at the base of the toes on each foot. 



