(1862) ; Severtzoff, Trans. Soc. Moscou, vol. viii. art. 2, pp. 15 ° and
i £ 4 (1873).
Ovis ammon, Erxleben, Syst. Nat. Mamm. p. 250 (1777) ; H. Smith, in
Griffith’s Animal Kingdom, v o lB g p. 3 17 , v. p. 359 (1827) ; Brooke, Proc.
Zooi. Soc. 1875, p. 518 pBlanford, ibid. 1896, p. 7 8 7 ; Ward, Records oj
Big Game, p. 243 ( 18 9 6 ^ ®
Mgoceros argali, Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. vol. i. p. 2 31 ( 18 11) .
Ovis (Argali) argali, Gray, Knowsley Menagerie, p. 37 B 850 ).
Caprmis (Argali) argali, Gray, Cat. TJngulata, Brit. Mas. p. 174
(4852), Cat. Ruminants, B rit. Mus. p. 57 (1872).
Musimon argali, Gervaia; Hist. Nat. Mamm. vol. ii. p. 191 (1855).
Caprovis argali, Gray, Hand-list Ruminants, Brit. Mus. p. 132 (1873).
Plates X IV . and XV.
C/WfferM-~Size largest o f all living sheep, the height at the shoulder
reaching from 3 feet 9 inches to 4 feet, and the build proportid|ately stout.
Horns of adult male exceedingly massive, their basal girth being very great
and both the front and lateral surfaces relatively broad ; frequently both
the inner and outer front angles rounded off near the base, and the transverse
wrinkles numerous and closely approximated, with the intervening
grooves deep, and strongly developed both on the front and lateral surfaces ;
in some cases, and more especially in the Tibetan race, the horns with
the front angles much more distinct;§•; curvaturepf, the horns forming a
spiral varying from somewhat less to considerably more than one complete
circle. In females the horns short, erect, curving backwards and outwards,
and becoming thin and strap-like near the tips. Hair short, coarse, and
close in winter ; in summer, especially in old rams, still shorter and much
thinner ; in some cases a ruff on the throat. General colour of upper-parts
light brown in winter, mingled brown and white in summer, at least in old