A REMARKABLE LANDSCAPE. 



{St'e opposite pa .v.) 



Editor Recreation: I enclose you photo 

 of a bit of Western Autumn scenery — a 

 charming nook in one of the narrow chan- 

 nels of the Bitter Root river — from which 

 I have taken many a lusty trout, on the pro- 

 fessor and the coachman. I used a Seed 26 

 x plate; a Turner-Reich lens, 43 stop, ^ 

 seconds, at 11 a.m. of a bright day: devel- 

 oping until the high lights are very dense; 

 printing on Aristo-Platino, good and deep; 

 toning, in the gold solution, to a medium 

 sepia, and fixing in a hypo bath — 1 oz. hypo 

 to 24 oz. water — for 20 minutes. Thus I 

 have a reproduction of my favorite trout 

 pool, in almost its natural colors. 



Rambler, Hamilton, Mont. 



It is impossible to reproduce the wonder- 



ful sepia tones in this photo, by any me- 

 chanical process; but the print is one of 

 the most beautiful I have ever seen. The 

 fine detail in the foliage, both in foreground 

 and background — even in the outline of the 

 distant mountain; the delicate lighting of 

 the trees on one side; the sharp cutting of 

 every feature in the shadows; the soft, hazy 

 reflections in the water — all these combine 

 to make this one of the most remarkable 

 bits of landscape photography ever made. 

 There are many delicate twigs shown here, 

 some of which are scarcely larger than the 

 lead in your pencil, yet they are all brought 

 out with as great fidelity to Nature as are 

 the trunks of the trees. 



This is a phenomenal piece of work and 

 Rambler may well feel proud of it. 



Editor. 



A NEW SPECIES OF MOUNTAIN SHEEP. 



Dr. J. A. Allen, Curator of Mammalogy, 

 in the American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, New York, has issued, in bulletin 

 form, the following preliminary description 

 of the new species of mountain sheep, taken 

 in Alaska and brought out by Mr. A. J. 

 Stone, who is in charge of Recreation's 

 Alaskan Exploring Expedition. 



Through the kindness of Mr. A. J. Stone. 

 of Missoula, Montana, the Museum has re- 

 ceived 3 mounted specimens of a Mountain 

 Sheep, or Bighorn, quite unlike any hereto- 

 fore described. These were collected by 

 Mr. Stone on the headwaters of the 

 Stickeen river, British Northwest Terri- 

 tory, near the Alaskan boundary, at an alti- 

 tude of about 6,500 feet. The species may 

 be described as follows: 



ovis stonei, sp. nov. 



Male Adult. — Above gray, formed by an intimate mixt- 

 ure of wbitish and blackish brown. Face, ears, and sides 

 of neck lighter and more whitish, being much less varied 

 with blackish brown. Whole posterior area and lower 

 parts, from hinder part of back downward and forward, 

 covering the posterior aspect of thighs and the abdomen, 

 white : the white area narrowing anteriorly and terminating 

 in a V-shaped point on the middle of the chest : also a broad 

 sharply defined band of white on the posterior surface of 

 both fore and hind legs, extending from the body to the 

 hoofs, and proximally including also the inner surface. 

 Front of neck, from base of lower jaw posteriorly to the 

 white of the ventral surface, including the breast and greater 

 part of the chest, and thence along the sides to the thighs, 

 nearly black. The lateral extension along the flanks be- 

 comes narrower, posteriorly, and the neck is somewhat 

 grizzled with white (see PI. II.). Outer surface of both fore 

 and hind legs blackish brown, either uniform or, in some 

 specimens, varied with a slight mixture of whitish. Hack of 

 head with a broad area of black, narrowing posteriorly and 

 continuing to the tail as a well-defined blackish dorsal 

 stripe. Tail wholly deep black, except a few white hairs on 

 the middle of its lower surface. A narrow blackish chin bar, 

 varying in breadth and distinctness in different individuals : 

 hoofs black ; horns light brown. 



Measurements (of type, f, ad.) — Measurements from 

 mounted specimens (taken with a tapeline and following the 

 curvatures of the parts measured). Tip of nose to base of 

 tail, 1.676 mm.; tail vertebrae, 8o ; tail to end of hairs, 121 : 

 tip of nose to eye, 197 ; tip of nose to base of ear, 305 ; 

 length of horn (over convexity), 762 : distance between 

 points of horns, 552 ; circumference of horn at base, 324 ; 

 circumference of horn at middle, 216; circumference of 

 front hoof at base, 190. 



This species is based on 3 males, of the 

 ages respectively of 2. 5 and 6 years.* The 

 older specimen is taken as the type. On 

 this the dark areas are blacker, and on some 

 parts less varied with whitish tipped hairs 

 than in the others, especially the 2-year-old. 



This species differs from Ovis dalli in the 

 prevailing coloration; being either dark 

 gray or blackish brown, according to the 

 area in question (see PI. II.), instead of be- 

 ing " a nearly uniform dirty white color." 

 In 0. stonei the white is restricted to defi- 

 nite, sharply defined areas, in strong con- 

 trast with the adjoining parts. 0. stonei and 

 0. dalli apparently agree in size and in the 

 character of the horns. 



0. stonei agrees, in a general way. in pat- 

 tern of coloration, with 0. cervina (Desm.), 

 but the " umber brown " or " wood- 

 brown " of the latter is everywhere replaced 

 in 0. stonei with blackish brown or black. 

 It is also a much smaller animal, and the 

 horns are slenderer and have a more out- 

 ward curvature at the tips. 



The following table gives comparative 

 measurements of 2 specimens of 0. dalli 

 (from True, in " Nelson's Report on Nat. 



* These three specimens were exhibited in Reckka- 

 tion's booth at the Third Annual Sportsmen's Exposition 

 and attracted marked attention from scientists and sports- 

 men alike. They were sent from the exposition to the 

 American Museum of Natural History. — Editor. 



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