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PLATE III., FIG. I. 



" The 2 older specimens 

 were taken August 10, about 

 5 miles from where the first 

 were found and were the 

 only ones in the bunch. I 

 watched them an entire 

 afternoon before killing 

 them. They passed the time 

 alternately nibbling at tiny 

 bits of grass, occasionally 

 seen peeping from crevices 

 in the rocks, and playing or 

 lying down on patches of 

 snow and ice. They were 

 very fat. 



" Specimens taken 2 

 months later possessed the 

 same markings, but were 

 somewhat darker." 



Air. Stone is familiar with 

 Oz'is dalli, which he reports 

 as occurring some 250 miles 

 North of the locality where 



" The only specimens of 

 this Sheep I had an oppor- 

 tunity to study were the 

 males, which I found, during 

 the months of August and 

 September, in the most rug- 

 ged parts of the mountains, 

 entirely above timber line. I 

 often found them singly, and 

 at no time did I discover 

 more than 5 in one bunch; 

 though one of my party re- 

 ported having seen 11 to- 

 gether. I saw perhaps 50 

 head, and secured 12 speci- 

 mens. I was careful in my 

 study of these interesting ani- 

 mals, and found them uni- 

 formly marked, both in color 

 and general characteristics. 



' The youngest of the 3 

 now in the Museum, was se- 

 emed Aug. 8, 1896, in a deep, 

 rocky canyon just at the base 

 of one of the highest peaks in 

 this part of the mountains. At the time I 

 discovered him he was alone, carefully 

 making his way down the canyon, and from 

 what I afterward learned I am inclined to 

 believe he was then in quest of the ewes, 

 lambs, and yearlings, in the edge of the 

 timber, farther down the mountain side. It 

 is likely he had not yet regularly taken up 

 the company of the older rams. 



PLATE III., FIG. 2. 



he obtained the present examples of 0. 



stonci. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATES II AND III. 



Plate II. — Ovis stonei, & ad. 



Plate III. — Fig. i. head of Ot'is stonei, $ ad. (same 

 specimen as figured in PI. II.). 



Fig. 2. — Head of Ovis cervina, $ ad., from Mon- 

 tana, for comparison with Fig. i. '1 he Montana 

 specimen is probably somewhat older than the speci- 

 men of Ovis stonei shown in Fig. i, but probably the 

 difference in age is not great. 



THERE ARE OTHER TRIMMINGS. 



" What a beautiful, humane thought this 

 birdless bonnet movement is? " 



" Don't be so sure about its humanity. 

 It is calculated to work the silk worm to 

 death." 



