5 



feet. The colour lias been described above — the horns 

 run from 25 to 35 inches. 



Nos, 7 and 8.— Ovis cycloceros. — The Oorial. 



Habitat. — -The Salt range of the Punjab, the Sulei- 

 mani range, the Hazara Hills and near Peshawar. 



This species is so like the last that it may be con- 

 sidered a variety. I defended the distinction in my 

 Mammalia of India but I have somewhat modified my 

 opinion seeing how easily these wild sheep interbreed, 

 and the slight difference arising from local influences 

 is not, I think, sufficient to warrant their being classed 

 apart. There are slight differences— very slight — and 

 a wide difference in locality, but if brought together 

 these sheep would all merge into one indistinguishable 

 flock. 



Nos, 9 to 11— Ovis nahura.— The Burhel— 

 or Blue Sheep. 



Habitat. — A very wide range from Sikkim through 

 Tibet to Ladak and has been found on the Altyn Tagh 

 in Central Asia. General colour a dull slaty blue 



