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THE BEARDED ARGALI. 
Ovis tragelaphus.—X^Aixss .= 
PLATE XII. 
Tragelaphus, Cains ? — Mouflon d’Afrique, Geoffrey, Mem. 
de VlnslUute d'Egypie — The Bearded Argali, Ilamillon 
Smith, 
There is an uncertainty in tlie history of this 
animal. The older writers, to whom we have re- 
fen-ed in the synonyms, on the authority of Major 
Smith, state it to be a very large animal, of a dark 
colour, mannd, and with lengthened hairs on the 
dewlap ; but the sheep represented on the accom- 
panying plate, supposed to be a variety, allowing 
something for age »ind exaggeration in the old de- 
scribers, was discovered by the naturalists attached 
to the Egyptian expedition on the mountains of that 
country, and is figured in the great work on Egypt, 
one of the most remarkable publications for its 
splendour in existence. We have copied the figure, 
and it is described in the following terms 
“ Under the general name of Mouflon, are in- 
cluded all kinds of wild sheep ; and the term is like- 
wise used with a more restricted application, to in- 
