WILD SHEEP OF ASIA AND AMERICA 283 



The following description of this sheep is taken, 

 with one or two verbal alterations, from my Game 

 Animals of India, &c. : * — 



" The general colour, in the summer coat, of 

 the upper-parts of old rams is light speckled brown ; 

 the greater portion or the whole of the face, as well 

 as the throat, the chest, the under-parts, the 

 buttocks, and the legs are white ; the white also 

 extending on to the outer surface of the thighs. A 

 black streak runs from the nape of the neck to the 

 withers. No distinct ruff of long hairs is developed 

 on the throat in the summer coat ; but in winter, 

 when the whole coat is considerably longer, such a 

 ruff — pure white in colour — makes its appearance 

 on the throat and chest. At this season, too, the 

 fur on the back shows a more decided rufescent 

 tinge, especially towards the boundary dividing the 

 dark from the light areas. In the ewes during 

 winter the neck is brown in front, and there may be 

 a dark line extending from the head to the root of 

 the tail, this streak being absent in summer. The 

 horns of the ewes appear to be more upright, 

 deeper, and more sharply keeled in front than in 

 the typical argali ; although there may be an in- 

 dividual variation in this respect. 



" A mounted ram in the British Museum stands 

 3 feet 5 inches at the shoulder ; and the weight of 

 an adult ram is estimated at 22 stone. The four 



' London, 1907, p. 91. 



