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0 be regretted f 0 
U11( l tliere a re ’ n ° r a ^liougli horns abound in collections, perfect skins are excessively rare, 
" 11 able to gi V(J ^. Ue lu Calcutta. I regret that for want of sufficiently good specimens I am 
It should b Sure of tins species. 
"p?Y{ 4 'ibirictt oAT iWed ^' a ^ : b* 1 ’- Severtzoff and Colonel Prejevalski distinguish the true 
le former states t] V aru ^ North-Eastern Turkestan from C. skyn of the Himalayas, but 
tlU( l he app eavg \ . ia bis opportunities of comparison are insufficient to decide the question, 
% the wiH .£ base his belief in the distinction of the two forms on the differences 
lIl? tw itbonthe.T± ep ° f the . same regions. Colonel Prejevalski refers the animal 
J' c ause the horns 6 U ^^ US ran S es of the Tliian-Shan east-south-east of Kulja to C. skyn, 
"' s character as C^- ' ° to ' vai 'b- s each other at their extremities, but C. sibirica may vary in 
I havi 
vyagrus does. 
ail( l am inclined. trT ^ erna ^ e shins with Pallas’ original description of the Siberian ibex, 
ls ^tlie,, a„.., 0 idicve that they agree, hut that the general colour of the Kashghar ibex 
u ' s °btary (female) specimen from near Sanju, south of Yitrkand, has 
"“wsrior p 0r 4-; \iemaie; specimen irom near oan 
. bbe slvin of ^ ^ * be b'gs brown instead of black, hut this appears due to immaturity, 
ba: longer 1^ ° ^ ^ ema ^ e * s dull greyish-brown above, the woolly under-fur being ash- 
ti m(ler Portion of tr Wn ’ w *th pale tips; there is a rudimentary dark streak down the 
T| ( a * n °r portion }° ^ le ears are the same colour as the back, the edges dark-brown, 
lj U l<! Is a dark li " ^ b " Head rather paler, owing to the pale tips of the hair being longer. 
’ die dark , S)) n ° loun d both lips, interrupted by a whitish, spot at the front of the lower 
l^irow p a | e ^ Ce 18 broader on the lower lip than on the upper, and on the latter there is 
iH('l° l hinder W ^ en t be dark line and the lip. The breast is quite as dark as the back ; 
the sides' nf 0r ^ 0n ! ° f limbs ’ inner side of thighs and a narrow area below the tail, 
h'o" n b> the hoof. 0 1 ^ lG near the base, whitish, tail blackish-brown, front of all limbs 
(• ( , of tj le 8 c ai 'k brown, almost black in parts, the black extending in a line up the 
f d°se to kotk t/ r :Ul< ^ Cbgh and being gradually lost. There is black hair all round the 
. n Joungej, ail - le 11 110 an d supplementary hoofs. 
Irie C Specially ' be c °I° ur is paler, and the black marks in front of the legs are less 
p ig] 
' lie only i i nuurs. 
Uirv e ) } |] )e ^ a * \ male head which retains the skin (the horns are 35 inches long round 
' biehes l 011o , 18 S Te yish-hrown like the rest of the hair, not black ; the hairs being 
disf 
the 1 
’ '»'!>« w T] - — — 
arid a y wa rd‘ 8 t a | c °l°ur of this head is similar to that of the female. 
k n < t 1>eSemb les the « 1 , * tbe ihex of the Kuenlun near Sanju differs from that of Kashmir 
<> s | u 'o not so well l ibex ” of Batistan. The horns, he adds, appear thinner and the 
lrun *ibiri C a ' V' blle( ^ as i n the animals found in Kashmir and La dak. 
\° n the Pan,.- ' S vn<)Wu to extend throughout a large area in Central Asia. It is 
^tbthe^r 1 in - 
Portion fuw'^ ban ran ges, must be its most western habitat 
the* M bh the Tp- Unb ' n Wakhan, 2 and is probably found throughout the Hindu Kush 
i,. n,l,l r T)ortt«_ ai '-Shan ran ires. must, he its most, westprn habitat. It extends throughoui 
com- 
mas 
It extends throughout 
yet been olw ^ estern Himalayas and the mountainous parts of Tibet, but it 
1 * . ri.i.-.i . ' 1 ' ' from the Eastern Himalayas, though I have heard of its occurrence 
frontier 
tom. 
Boy c 
• lpUin So °- 1 
qj g., . To the northward it is found in the Altai and Sayansk mountains 
1 )eia a, south-west of Lake Baikal. 
y <ii«i 
of 
murrain whitj, ^ '! at learned in Wakhan that some years since ibex existed there in great numbers, but that 
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broki 
6 ou l> an d tbe numbers are now less 
