anterior surface, are in some respects intermediate between the former and
those of C. cylindricornis. It was-!,|uggested to their present owner by the
natives of the district that they indicated a hybrid between the two well-
established species; and I am at - present unable to suggest any more
probable explanation of the difficulty. That analogous hybrids do now and
Fig. 4:8?—Head ot male West Caucasian Tur. (From1 Prince Demidoff’s
Hunting Trips in ike Caucasus).
again occur naturally is proved by the well-known case of Ovis brookei in'
Zanskar.
The circumstance that these peculiar horns are in some degree intermediate
between those of C. cylindricornis and the typical caucasica, together
with the fact that they come from the same locality, suggests that they
belong to the same kind of animal as the one to which the latter name is
restricted by Dr. Menzbier. It Htrue that Dr. Menzbier speaks of knots
on the front of his specimens, which are wanting in Mr. Littledalesj
