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ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHEEP- 
Si'iN'ONYMES. 
Akgali, Cook’s third yoyage in 1778. 
Wild Sheep op CALiPOEiriA. Venegus. 
“ “ “ Clavigero. 
White Buffalo, McKenzie voy. p. 76. An. 1789. 
MouKTAiif Goat, Unifroville, Hudson’s Bay. p- 164. 
Mountain Ram, MoGiUtvary, N. Yorlr. Med. Eeposit. vol. 6. p. 238. 
Big IIobn, Lewi-s and Clark, vol. 1. p. 144. 
Belibr Sauvage d’AMF.KiQDE. Gcoff, All. dll. mus. t. 2. pi. 60. 
Rocky Mountain Sheep. ’Warden. U. S. vol. 1. p. 217. 
Moufflon d’AMKHiQUB. Desm. Mamm. p. 487. 
Big Hobned Sheep. (Ord.) 
“ “ Blainv. in Jour, de Physic, 1817. 
Ovis Ammon. Harlan. Pauna. p. 259. 
The Argali, Godm. Nat. Hist. vol. 2. p. 329. 
Ovis Montana. Richardson. F. B. Amer. p. 271. 
Ovis Pygakjas var ovis ammon. Griffith An. King. Spec. 873. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Male. This is a much larger animal than any variety of our largest 
sized sheep. It is also considerably larger than the Argali on the east- 
ern continent. 
The horns of the male are of immense size. They arise immediately 
above the eyes, and occupy nearly the whole head, they being only 
separated from each other by a space of three-fourths of an inch at 
the base. They form a regular curve, first backwards, then downwards 
and outward— the extremities being eighteen inches apart. They are 
flattened on the sides and deeply corrugated, the horns rising immedi- 
ately behind. 
The ears, are short and oval, clothed with hair on both surfaces. The 
general form of the animal is rather elegant, resembling the stag more 
than the Sheep. The tail is short. 
The hair bears no resemblance to wool, but is similar to that of 
the American Elk and Reindeer. It is coarse, hut soft to the touch, 
and slightly crimped throughout its whole length ; the hairs on the 
back are about two inches in length, those on the sides one and a 
half inches. At the roots of these hairs, especially about the 
shoulders and sides of the neck, a small quantity of short soft fur is per- 
ceptible. The legs are covered with short compact hairs. 
The female Rocky Mountain Sheep resembles some of the finest spe- 
cimens of the common Ram. Its neck is a little longer, as are also the 
head and legs, and in consequence it stands much higher. Its horns 
