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female was killed on the Pamir; but if the skin was preserved, it was not added to th ^ 
tion. Carriage was scarce at the time, and fewer specimens were taken than would ha ^ 
the case under more favorable circumstances. Judging both from Stoliczka’s diary an . ^ 
Captain Biddulph’s remarks in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society, the dis ^ 
between the two kinds of wild sheep was not recognized by any of the members of 1 
sion when on the Pamir, although all noticed the greater length of the Pamir horns. ^ ^ 
Captain Biddulph had an opportunity of comparing heads of the two animals, he notic 
great difference in the curve of the horns as well as in their length. ba s 
It is unnecessary to point out the distinction between the two sheep at length : J e . 
been done already by Dr. Severtzoff, and Messrs. Y. and B. Brooke, in the papers quoted 
The differences in colouration are shewn by Severtzoff s figures and description to e 
O. poli has longer hair on the neck. The much greater length and greater divergence 
horns in 0. poli are the most striking characters. In Dr. Stoliczka’s notes there are 
ments of one gigantic pair in which the right horn measured 65| inches round t e ^ 
the left horn 64, the distance from tip to tip of the horns was 53 inches, and the cbcunii t 
of each horn at the base 16 inches. The curve varies somewhat, however. Thus, a & ^ 
the measurements given by Messrs. Brooke, in one skull, with horns 49 inches l° n ”-n}ytk 
the curve, the tips are 49^ inches apart; in another, the original type described by , y 
each horn measures 56 inches, but the distance between the tips is only 45, ant 
amongst the specimens brought by members of the Yarkand Mission, in the sku 
sented to the East Indian Museum by Sir D. horsy tb,. the relative measurements aie ylf 
as 55 and 434, whilst in a specimen obtained by Captain Biddulph and measured by 
they are 51 and 49. 
It may be as well to point out here, that the O. poll of Severtzoff is found cons ^ 0 t 
north and north-east of the Pamir in parts of the Tliian-Shan range, north and north'® ^ 
Kashghar ; that it is uncertain whether the animal inhabits the intervening tract, an ^ 
so far as is known, no specimens from the two areas have been compared : only th< ^ ce is 
and horns of the Pamir animal are known. It is most probable that the Thian-Shan 
identical with that found on the Pdmir, but further comparison is desirable. , ^ 
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According to Severtzoff, 0. poll ranges to the east of Lake Issyk, in the high F ■ 
around Han Tengri (Tengrikhan). It is not found further north, but Prejevalski me 
further east on the Juldus river. It is also included by Prejevalski in his hst of a , 1( 
occurring on the Altyn Tagli, south of Lob-nor 1 . Here again further comparison is “ e ^ 
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further east on the Juldus river. It is also included by Prejevalski in his list ot 
_ v . . th of Lob-nor 1 . Here again further comparis ~~ f R 
as there is a possibility that some other race has been confounded with 0. poll. - „ 
previously known of any wild sheep Horn the Kuonlun ranges, except the very dl * 
nahura, and Messrs. Y. and B. Brooke have suggested^ that the Argali of the g0 nth 
mountains maybe 0. brookei . 3 If O. poli really inhabits the ranges noith of Tibc. & ^ ^ tb e 
of the Turkestan plain, the views expressed by Messrs. Brooke as to the distribution 
Central Asiatic sheep of the Argali type will need modification. These naturalis s ^ :1 
that the glacier system of the Karakoram, or, in other words, the Mustagh range, 
barrier between the areas inhabited by 0. poll and O. hodgsoni: 
1 Ante, p. 7. 
a p. Z. S., 1875, p. 521. 
3 p. Z. S, 1874, p. 143. , 
4 Tom. cit., p. 526. . „ O' a ”' v tl> 
5 j n the “Narrative of progress of Mission to Kashghar and hack to India published in the “ Official Repoit, p- . ^ js i' 1 
(l e _ 0 hodgsoni) is said to be found on the Tibet border of Kashgharia about Taghdumbash and Muztagh. Taghdum 
of the Mustagh range. 
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