Tibetan Argali 181
Ovis ammonoides, Hodgson, Journ,, As. Soc. Bengal, vol. x. pp. 230 and
913 (1840-41), .xv. p. 338 (1846) ; Hutton, ibid. vol. xvi. p. 568 (1847).
Ovis ammon, Horsfield, Cat. E. Ind. Mus. p. 176 (18 51), net: O. ammon,
Linn. 1766 ; Kinloch, 'Large Game Shooting, pt. i. p. 19 (1869) ; Blanford,
Journ. As. iSte Bengal, iy® xli. p. 40 (if||S)v :
Caprovis argali, Adams, P nH Zool. Soc: 1858, p. J^^Bnec O. argali,
Pallas, 1777-80.
Ovis blythi, Severtzoff, Transire. Mqscou, vol. viii. art. |^p. 154 (1873).
Ovis brookei, E. Ward, Proe'.',’ Zook S^m 1874, p. 143 ! Brooke., ibid.
1875, p. 521 ; Sterndale, Mamm. India, p. 434 (1884), Journ. Bombay
Nat: Hist. Soc, vol. i. p. 35 {1886), Broc. Zool. Soc. 1886, p. 205.
(bHOsm dalai-lamce, Prezewalski, Gat. Zool. p. 16 (1887).
Plate XV.
Characters.—The size but little less than in the typical race, the height
at the shoulder, ranging from about 3 feet 6 inches to at least 3 feet 1 o
in ch e S The hornsHf males generally somewhat less massive, and forming
a less open spiral, which does not exceed one'complete circle and is usually
less ; their tips almost invariably broke» the wrinkles apparently slightly
less, prominent, and the - outer front angle frequently distinct. In adult
males the hair on the sides and lower surface of the neck elongated into a
large whitish ruff, which apparently persists throughout the year ; there is
also a shorter crest of dark hair running along the back of the neck to the
withers,
Apart from the whitish ruff, the general coloratiS is very similar to
that of the typical race. The upper-parts are grayish-brown, the throat,
chest, under-parts, and insides of the limbs, the front surface of the legs
1 Mr. Blanford gives 4 feet as the maximum, But I am doubtful if this height is ever reached.