MAMMALIA. 
81 
Ovf/hiZ ?™Z' S l an ' Bi(ldulpl1 ’ P ’ Z S - 1875 > P- 157 " 
Knlja, T urki Qf K ^ J A.S.B., 1875, xliv, Pt. 2, p. 112, nec Severtzoff. 
or G// // /‘i . . . 
J ’ S ; Arka (?Arhdn) 5 ; Kirghiz . 1 
north ^ ’ s ^' ns > skeleton, head wanting ; unlabelled, but apparently all from the mountain ranges 
rtn-west of Kashghar. 
A lapgQ collect* 
* ^•^shgliar 1 ° U 1 °*' s P ec7mens of tlie wild sheep inhabiting the mountains north-west 
( ° Action, inclndii .^rf ^ ^ r " ®toliczka a J hut after his death a considerable part of the 
j u< ‘ nt > the greater ° a ■ ^ le ^ nes ^ specimens, was distributed with the consent of the Govern 
he care and w -| j P01 ^ on ^ ecom i n g private property. The distribution was made with 
J potion belouo> e( / S ° W;inton a disregard of the interests of Government, to whom 
. M letons, esunoWiiJ 11 ' ° 7 Br - Stoliczka’s memory, that even the heads belonging to two 
so 
the 
rica, were given away. There 
is v es peciallv * ® inumuiy, xiiaL gvgil 
^ r( ^son to believe" p 10 P arec ^ Om* karelini and Capra sibirL 
w h'. Stoliczka l + ^ wo s kulls of the true O. poll of the Pamir were brought away 
Usfn.w, 5 u both were removed from the collection before it reached the Indian 
^eum. 
°Uh e 
Jj? several of T? 6 s P eci mens of O. karelini remaining, none possesses a fine pair of horns ; 
: '‘Aed. by j) r ^ are good and well preserved. When making out the list of species 
q p n § by the fio. ° 1Cz ^ a ’ having only Severtzolf’s untranslated work to refer to, I thought, 
) ; o uy pne fio. ,, S ouvuri/.un s untransiaiKU vv urn tu rtutu tu, i inuugni, 
• alone, that the species might he that described by that naturalist as 
, T e brou-w / h Br °okehas 
atur ali s t. n t0 lvasll gb 
r Phe f j 
a Uirl°^ Ca l ®°ciety ^ n C ° P ^ °5 Br ‘ Stoliczka’s account of this sheep in the Proceedings of the 
lad with O .poll ^ c, 1 " holiozlca,, it should he remembered, has naturally identified the 
since shown that the wild sheep, of which so many specimens 
ar and presented to the Mission, is 0. karelini of the same 
'“na, 
as 7dle difference between the two forms was then unknown — ■ 
■ nee k ’ ! W WAer dress. .P 
die tip " Ilc * above the s l>r n enera colour above hoary-brown, distinctly rufeseent or fawn on the upper 
are r 7 ' Bea d ‘ ' n " 
- - o'oin 
abovi 
’^ueis, darker on the loins, with a dark line extending along the ridge of the tail to 
c UDti at -fi • i . ~ ° ° 
xne sides a greyish-brown, darkest on the hind head, where the central hairs 
4 to 5 inches l 0no , — .°' uco “ S Te 7 lsn - Drowi b 1 
''mbs ci, , op per neck br,n J D ^ 1 . w71 '* 0 between the shoulders somewhat elongated hairs indicate a short mane. 
tt g fr, 
generally tinged with fawn ; sides of body and the upper part of the 
t, ° s shadin,, 
a ce, all (] ® Ir °m brown t * — o — . — — j — - rr — t — — . 
"bite rji, ' e l°' v er p arts 0 w bite ; the hair becoming more and more tipped with the latter colour. 
Iii-n,... 113 hairs on the V S ’ * ad ’ anc ^ hinder parts, extending well above towards the loins, pure 
Ears hoary- 
,r °Wr 
' II ^ 
’he ] 1 , ( p Xl0tll: hy ; almost J ]°' Ver nec ^ are vei 7 m ueh lengthened, being from 5 to 6 inches long, 
hghtlv a i°, Uud '’'hem ’ n ^ erna hy. Pits in front of the eye distinct, of moderate size and depth, and 
^ l H]y , ■ p pip.. I, */ * j v uiouiuvcj ul muuciniio mac aiiu UC^i 
:,| >Xe(l le d and the ' | S(),ne wliat darker brown than the rest of the sides of the head. The 
b 
nose is 
" Wig Tn'n*7 1 1 * » ““W oivtoo vx. i/uv iiVWV*. iliC UUOC Xi 
s canty ) Ve ‘ Z e s °P>ng. The hair is strong, wiry, and very thickly set, and at the base inter 
ll'ig lsj — uuj ^ ^ a- 
s ' v eep b a ^ n rp he horns a 06 deee ® ’ ^he average length of the hairs on the back is from 2 to 21- inches. The 
' VilI, ds a 11( j " ards ai nl ou j l ^ s “ 1>tr ’ an g u l ar 3 touching each other at the base, curving gradually with a long 
° u twards ; ftj e i ar s ’ an< l after completing a full circle, the compressed points again curve back- 
/ SUl ace * s mor e or less closely transversely ridged. 
tut 
"auie 
I)r - Stolic^ to „ H %h Ta rtl 
Ski; 
3 ^ord 
2 r 
. ^ a 
a s C a Ptain Biddidph a ^' ail( ^’ aiH ' Kashghar, p. 425,) says the name of the male is Arhar and of the female Goolja ; 
Pdvat^f * Captain Tr tV”'^ ^ a Ptairi Trotter reverse the meaning of the terms. Arlcdn or Arhar is evidently the 
4i * * ( -ttidv f/, informs me that the eorreet narnes nre those a.ssicrrierl nbmrn 
■ep 
1 ine ivnffn c_ 
me that the correct names are those assigned above. 
not many days before his death, Dr. Stoliczka told me he had despatched 
remain. 
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