MAMMALIA. 



83 



The figure of this sheep in the P. Z. S. for 1874 is unfortunately far from accurate. 

 The general colour is much too rufous ; the crest along the back of the neck is entirely 

 imaginary, and there is no black line along the back in any of the skins sent. The tail is so 

 badly drawn, that the long hair of the left thigh appears to belong to it, and to represent a 

 long bushy tail, the real tail, which is quite short, being indistinct. The white of the lower 

 parts should be purer and should come further up the flanks ; the horns are ill drawn. The 

 original sketch was by Colonel Gordon, who informs me that the draughtsman who prepared 

 the plate made several material alterations in the drawing. 1 



Excellent figures of this wild sheep and of its horns are given by Severtzoff (1. c.) ; a 

 woodcut taken from Severtzoff's plate of the adult male is added to the last edition of Yule's 

 Marco Polo. 2 There are good woodcuts of the horns and skull from a specimen procured by 

 Captain Biddulph in Messrs. V. and B. Brooke's paper. 



According to Severtzoff, O. kareliui inhabits a large area in the Thian-Shan range north 

 of Eastern Turkestan, and extends thence northward into the Semiretchinsk Altai and 

 Saplisky Altai. 



Sir V. Brooke observes that a specimen from near Kashghar sent to England by Colonel 

 Gordon shows a very much greater extent of white on the lower sides and haunches than 

 appears to have existed in either of Severtzoff's specimens. 



52. Ovis POLL 



Blyth, P. Z. S.j 1840, p. 62; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 1, vii, p. 195, PL IV, figs. 1, 2, 

 3, 4 —Gray, Cat. Mam. B. M., Ungulata Fureipeda, p. 165 (1852) ; Cat. Rum. Mam. B. M., 

 p. 54 (1872).— Severtzoff, Turk. Jev., pp. 84-102, 149, PL II, III, V, figs. 1, 2, VI, fig. 1 ; 

 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1876, Ser. 4, xviii, pp. 210, 220.— Biddulph, P. Z. S., 1875, p. 157. 

 —V. and B. Brooke, P. Z. S., 1875, p. 514.— Marco Polo's travels, Yule's edition, 1871. .", 

 p. 163 ; 2nd edition, 1875, i, pp. 18, 185.— Prejevalski, Pet. Mitt., Erg. lift., No. 53, pp. 5, 

 17 ; from Kulja, &c., pp. 45, 84. 



Kutch-kar, Wood, Journey to Source of Oxus, p. 241 (edition of 1872). 



Kuchkdr, male, mesh, female, 3 in Wakhan (Trotter.) 



As already stated in the notes on O. karelini, no specimens of this magnificent sheep 

 remained in the collection made by Dr. Stoliczka when it was received by the Indian Museum, 

 although from the accounts given by the natives who accompanied him, there can be no 

 doubt that he brought away two heads from the Pamir. One of these was presented by 

 Sir Douglas Eorsyth to the East Indian Museum at South Kensington. 



Fortunately four heads from the Pamir, brought back by different members of the 

 Mission, appear to have been examined by Sir V. Brooke, and the dimensions are given in his 

 paper. These heads were compared with the types originally named by Blyth and fully 

 identified. The species was originally described from specimens obtained by Wood in his 

 journey to the source of the Oxus. The heads from the Pamir are consequently typical. 



It is far from certain whether Stoliczka noticed the differences between this sheep and 

 Ovis karelini. He had, of course, no opportunity of comparing specimens. Only a single 



i See P, Z. S., 1875, p. 540; 1876, p. 415. 

 n - Edition of 1875, p. 186. 



3 Compare guch, ram, mish, ewe ; Persian for both wild and tame sheep. 



