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The colour in summer is a rich reddish brown, grey in winter, long hair, 
beard black in front, whitish behind. 
The Markhor is the grandest of all wild goats, extremely agile and a 
magnificent climber. It usually occurs in herds and frequents stony ravines 
and steep hill-sides. 
Measurements .—About 38 inches at the shoulder, and 55 from the horns 
to the root of the tail. The horns vary in length in different varieties. Good 
horns of the Aster and Pir Panjal variety run from 45 to 50 inches round the 
curve and 3G inches straight from base to tip ; of the Cabul variety 44—48 
round front curve ; in the Suleiman variety 49 round the curve and 36 inches 
straight from base to tip. 
Record Heads .—The Badminton Library (Big Game Shooting) gives 63 
ins. as the record for the Pir Panjal variety and Col. Ward in his Sportsman s 
Guide gives 63, 61, 59, 56, etc. In the Lucknow Museum there are 60 and 
59 inch heads, and in the details we give further on there is a 59| inch head 
(Pir Panjal variety) shot by Major Roos Keppel. “Constant Reader” (Asian, 
14-9-80) mentions a 60 inch head brought by Hutton from Cabul; Capt. Barnes 
of the Xth Bengal lancers shot a Pir Panjal markhor with 59 J inch horns. 
Lord Lansdown has a 58J inch head got in Gilgit. Many heads of over 45 
inches have bean recorded by Himalayan sportsmen, the largest shot by Genl. 
