ABERRANT WILD SHEEP 303 



and adult rams are also clothed with a fringe of 

 long straight hair on the throat, which is continued 

 downwards till it divides on the chest to terminate 

 at the upper part of each fore-leg ; this fringe 

 reappearing, after a short gap, on the front and 

 outer sides of the legs nearly down to the knees, 

 below which the long hair hangs for some distance. 

 The long and terminally tufted tail reaches within 

 a few inches of the hocks. 



The horns of adult rams, which may occasion- 

 ally measure 28 inches or a little more in length, 

 with a basal girth of a little more than 1 1 inches, 

 and a tip-to-tip interval of just over 1 8 inches, show 

 a distinct keel at the base of the front surface, and 

 have their tips directed inwards, or inwards and some- 

 what downwards; their colour being yellowish brown, 

 but tending to darken in old animals. The aforesaid 

 transverse wrinkles found in young horns, and traces 

 of which are frequently retained near the tips of 

 those of old rams, have a wavy form. With the 

 exception of the inner sides of the ears, the chin, 

 the middle line of the belly, and the inner surfaces 

 of the upper portions of the limbs, which are whitish, 

 and the presence of a few dark bars in the throat- 

 fringe, the colour of the arui is uniform rufous 

 tawny, with a tendency to become darker on the 

 mane, but, so far as known, exhibiting no marked 

 seasonal variation. 



This remarkable sheep — the only wild member 



