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THE BEARDED ARGALI. 
parts of its body and legs. Hairs, from six to seven 
inches long, spring from the three lower quarters of 
the thigh, as far as the shank, on the anterior, pos- 
terior, and external sides, and hang down as far as 
the middle of the shank, thus forming a very re- 
markable kind of ornamental appendage. Besides 
this, a tuft of long hairs, from two to three or four 
inches in length, rises from each side, near the angle 
of the jaw ; and a little below this, commences a 
hand of hairs, running along the medial line, which 
is continued to the lower part of the neck, where it is 
divided into two branches, which terminate near the 
articulation of the tibia with the thigh. A little be- 
fore the place where they bifurcate, these hairs are 
from a foot to thirteeu inches long ; but towards the 
extremity of the neck and shoulder they ai’e much 
shorter, not exceeding half a foot. Their colour is 
generally the same as that of the body, but those 
which ai-e placed near the interior side of the thigh 
and shank, are brownish, and a line of the latter 
colour is observable on the anterior part of the neck. 
“ This animal which is a fifth part larger than 
the European species, has the tail about seven inches 
long, and terminating in a pencil of hairs. The 
horns appear small in proportion to the size of the 
body, and, in the specimen preserved in the Mu- 
seum, they are not larger than those of our own 
Mouflon, although the individual in question is a 
male, and seems full grown. These appendages 
present some peculiar characters besides those just 
