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slightly tinged with fawn — the belly, edge of but- 

 tocks, and tail white — throat, chest, front of fore arm 

 and cannon bone, a line along the flanks, the edge of 

 the hind limbs, and tip of the tail deep black; horns 

 nioderately smooth with few wrinkles — rounded, nearly 

 touching at the base — directed upwards, backwards 

 and outwards, the points being turned forwards and 

 inwards. Horns about 2 feet. 



Nos. 12 to 17 .— Capra megaceros.— The Mark- 



hor — or Bighorned Wild Goat. 



Habitat. — The Mountainous districts of Afghanistan 

 and the highest part of the Thibetan Himalayas — in 

 Kashmir and Ladak. 



General colour a dirty light-blue gray— with a darker 

 beard — in summer with a reddish tinge — the neck and 

 breast clad with long dark hair reaching to the knees, 

 hair long and shaggy, fore legs brown. The females 

 are redder, with shorter hair, short black beard, no 

 mane and small horns slightly twisted. 



There is a series in this collection shewing a fine 



