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THE WILD SHEEP 



The general and pervading colour of the Nayaur is a pale, dull, brownish, 

 slaty -blue, which, however, merges into more superficial tints, — of 

 rufous, on the flanks, hams, and shoulders ; and of yellowish white, 

 upon the cheeks, lips, abdominal surface of neck, belly, and insides of 

 limbs, of ears, and of tail : bridge of nose, fronts of limbs, tips of ears 

 and of tail, patch on chest, and line separating flanks and abdomen, 

 dusky brown : in old animals, vertical line of neck and body, the 

 same : iris, speckled, brown-red : muzzle, black : hoofs and horns, 

 dusky. 



Dimensions (of female) as follows : 







Ft. In. 



Tip of nose to roots of tail, ............ 





..... 3 4 



Length of the head, . .............. 





91 



Ditto of tail to end of hair, ............ 





..... 7 



Height of animal, at the shoulder, ...... 





. . . . . 2 41 



Depth of the head, 





..... 6 



Ditto of the chest, 





..... 1 



Length of fore leg to line of helly, ...... 





..... 1 51 



Ditto hind leg to ditto, 





1 81 



Ditto of the horns, straight, ............ 





4 



Basal breadth (across,) ................ 





..... 1| 



Ditto height, (fore and aft,) ............ 





..... 0| 



Ditto interval, .................. — ... 





..... 01 



X<ength of the ears, .................. 





..... 51 



Weight (of a very thin animal) 75 lbs. 







N. B. The dimensions are taken from a female of less than four 

 years old, three of which she had passed in confinement. 



Nepal, October 5, 1831. 



