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Wild sheep of Thian-Shan, Biddulph, P, Z. S., 1875, p. 157. 
Ovis heinsi ? W. Blanf., J.A.S.B., 1875, xliv, Pt. 2, p. 112, nec Severtzoff. 
Kulja , Turki of Kashghar. 
Ar or Glmlj&r, $ ; Aria (?Arlan) ? ; Khirgliiz. 1 
1-7, $ , 8—11, $ ; skins, 12, skeleton, head wanting; unlabelled, but apparently all from the mountain ranges 
north-west of Kashghar. 
A large collection of specimens of the wild sheep inhabiting the mountains north-west 
of ELashghar was made by Dr. Stoliczka 2 ; hut after his death a considerable part of the 
collection, including all the finest specimens, was distributed with the consent of the Govern¬ 
ment, the greater portion becoming private property. The distribution was made with so 
little care and with so wanton a disregard of the interests of Government, to whom the 
collection belonged, and of Dr. Stoliczka’s memory, that even the heads belonging to two 
skeletons, especially prepared, of Ovis harelini and Capra sibirica, were given away. There 
is reason to believe that two skulls of the true O. poll of the Pdmir were brought away 
by Dr. Stoliczka, hut both were removed from the collection before it reached the Indian 
Museum. 
Of the seven male specimens of 0. harelini remaining, none possesses a fine pair of horns; 
but several of the skins are good and well preserved. When making out the list of species 
collected by Dr. Stoliczka, having only SevertzofFs untranslated work to refer to, I thought, 
judging by the figures alone, that the species might be that described by that naturalist as 
O. heinsi; but Sir Y. Brooke has since shown that the wild sheep, of which so many specimens 
were brought to Kashghar and presented to the Mission, is O. harelini of the same 
naturalist. 
The following is a copy of Dr. Stoliczka’s account of this sheep in the Proceedings of the 
Zoological Society. Dr. Stoliczka, it should be remembered, has naturally identified the 
animal with 0 . poli, as the difference between the two forms was then unknown — 
“ Male , in winter dress. —General colour above hoary-brown, distinctly rufescent or fawn on the upper 
hind neck and above the shoulders, darker on the loins, with a dark line extending- along the ridge of the tail to 
the tip. Head above and at the sides a greyish-brown, darkest on the hind head, where the central hairs 
are from 4 to 5 inches long ; while between the shoulders somewhat elongated hairs indicate a short mane. 
Middle of upper neck hoary-white, generally tinged with fawn; sides of body and the upper part of the 
limbs shading from brown to white; the hair becoming more and more tipped with the latter colour. 
Face, all the lower parts, limbs, tail, and all the hinder parts, extending well above towards the loins, pure 
white. The hairs on the lower neck are very much lengthened, being from 5 to 6 inches long. Ears hoary- 
brown externally; almost white internally. Pits in front of the eye distinct, of moderate size and depth, and 
the hair round them generally somewhat darker brown than the rest of the sides of the head. The nose is 
slightly arched and the muzzle sloping. The hair is strong, wiry, and very thickly set, and at the base inter¬ 
mixed with scanty, very fine fleece; the average length of the hairs on the back is from 2 to 2| inches. The 
iris is brown. The horns are subtriangular, touching each other at the base, curving gradually with a long 
sweep backwards and outwards; and after completing a full circle, the compressed points again curve back¬ 
wards and outwards; their surface is more or less closely transversely ridged. 
1 Shaw (visit to High Tartary, Yarkand, and Kashghar, p. 425,) says the name of the male is Arlcdr and of the female Goolja ; 
but Dr. Stoliczka, Captain Biddulph, and Captain Trotter reverse the meaning of the terms. Arlan or Arlcdr is evidently the 
same word as Argali. Captain Trotter informs me that the correct names are those assigned above. 
2 In a private letter to me written from Karghalik not many days before his death, Dr. Stoliczka told me he had despatched 
22 skins of this sheep from Kashghar; only 11 remain. 
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