278 THE SHEEP AND ITS COUSINS 



Dr. Blanford with karelini, in which the front outer 

 angle is, at least frequently, bevelled off. On the 

 other hand, they are less massive and considerably 

 more open than those of the typical O. ammon, and 

 therefore much more so than in the Tibetan O. a. 

 hodgsoni. \n O. ammon the surface next the face 

 tends to look upwards, whereas in the present race 

 its tendency is to look downwards. A more easily 

 recognised difference is that in O. ammon the horns 

 are greatly "nipped in " just below the eyes, in con- 

 sequence of which the transverse diameter across 

 the eyes is very much less than it is higher up. In 

 the present race, on the contrary, the horns are 

 actually wider across at the level of the eyes than 

 they are at the line of the crown of the head. 



Such a " nipping in " is not apparent in O. a. 

 hodgsoni, in which the surface next the face is 

 nearly vertical ; and much the same is the case 

 with O. a. sairensis. In fact the present race 

 appears to bear somewhat the same relationship 

 to sairensis, so far as the curve of the horns 

 is concerned, as is presented by the typical ammon 

 to hodgsoni, although the extreme openness and 

 basal elevation of the spiral are unique. There 

 are other differences (especially as regards the 

 wrinkles) of the horns of the Kulja argali from those 

 of the typical ammon, sufficiently apparent when the 

 specimens are seen side by side, but almost impos- 

 sible to describe. 



