OVIS STONEI. 



BUL. A. M. N. H. PLATE II. 



Hist. Coll. made in Alaska," 1887, p. 283), 

 of 2 specimens of 0. stonei and of 2 spec- 

 imens of 0. cervina, from Montana, all from 

 mounted adult male specimens, and there- 

 fore comparable. 





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Tip of nose to base of tail. 



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Tip of nose to base of ear. 

 Length of horn over con- 



229 



330 



228 

 340 



197 



3°5 



194 



318 



178 

 292 





vexity 



Circumference of horn at 



775 



867 



762 



837 



838 





Circumference of hoof at 



444 



400 



324 



330 



293 





base 



267 



205 



190 



190 



211 





1 From True, /. <:. 



2 From specimens in Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



Mr. Stone took measurements of the an- 

 imals before skinning, but they are unfortu- 

 nately not available at this writing. He also 

 has separate skulls, which he will later for- 

 ward for examination, when it will be pos- 

 sible to give some further particulars re- 

 specting this interesting species. 



I am indebted to Mr. Stone, in whose 

 honor the species is named, for the follow- 

 ing observations: 



' The 3 animals were killed in the Che- 

 on-nee Mountains, British Northwest Ter- 

 ritory. These mountains are a part of the 

 interior of the Coast Range, drained by the 

 headwaters of the Stickeen river, and not far 

 from Alaskan Territory. 



' The timber line in this country extends 

 only to a height of about 2,500 feet, giving 

 the mountain ranges the appearance of be- 

 ing quite high, but in reality there are no 

 high mountains in this section of the Coast 

 Range. 



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