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ON THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHEEP 



XXI, — On the Eocky Mountain Sheep of the 

 Americans, 



By Professor Jameson. 

 (Read mh April 1819.> 



T he Spanish missionaries in California, so early as 

 16&7, make particular mention of a " remarkable 

 species of sheep" as occurring in that country ; and 

 it is again noticed by Venegas, in his History of Ca- 

 lifornia. Lewis and Clarke also heard of it, and ob - 

 tained some skins from the Rocky Mountains. I 

 now present to the Society, a skin of this animal, 

 which was sent from Hudson's Bay, by Mr Auld, 

 formerly of that country, and who obtained it 

 from the Rocky Mountains. It appears to be the 

 Rocky Mountain Sheep of the Americans. A sim- 

 ple inspection of the specimen before us, proves that 

 it cannot be a species of the genus Ovis, and the 



