was allied. In the fossil skull the posterior surface of the horn-core is
marked by a series of deep flutings, not observable in the existing kind.
The outer front angle is, moreover, much less prominent, but as this is a
feature observable in the Cyprian muflon, it would not appear to be o f any
very great distinctive value.
Distribution.—The east o f England (and probably other parts of Europe)
during the earlier portion of the Plistocene period.
4. T he Sha, or U r ia l B -O vis vign e i
Ovis vignei, Blyth, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1840, p. 70 ; Gray, List. Mamm.
Brit. Mus. p. 169 (1843) : P- L. Sclater,
Proc. Zool. Soc. i860, p. 127, pi. lx x ix .;
Brooke, ibid. 1875, p. 526 ; Sterndale,
Mamm. India, p. 435 (1884); Blantord,
Fauna Brit. India 8 Mamm. p. 497
(1891) ; W. L. Sclater, Cat. Mamm.
Ind. Mus. pt. ii. p. 138 (1891) ; True,
Proc. U. S. Mus. vol. xvii. p. 5 (1894) ;
Ward, Records o f Big Game, p. 250,
1896.
Ovis (Musimon) vignei, Gray, Knows ley
Menagerie, p. 36 (1850).
F ig. 3 2 .— Head of male Ladak Sha. (Rowland
Ward, Records o f B ig Game.)
Caprovis (Musimon) vignei, Gray, Cat. TJngulata Brit. Mus. p. 1 72
(1852), Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 55 (1872).'
Ovis montana, Cunningham, Ladak, p. 199 (1854), nec Cuvier, 1817.
Musimon vignei, Gervais, Hist. Nat. Mamm. vol. ii. p. 191 (1855),
Caprovis vignei, Adams, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 526 ; Gray, Hand-list
Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 1.30 (1873).
Wild Ox e n ,Sheef,&_Goats .Plate XM.
SALT-RANGE URIAL.
Published, by Rowland WardLlM.