example ; but if, as may be passible, a race bf hybrids is from time to time
developed on the frontiers of the two valid species, such variations would
naturally be expected to occur. In any case, it is clear that the specimen
under consideration is not the typical C. caucasica, and i f (probably together
with Dr. Menzbier’sKiiecimens) it should indicate a new form, such
species or sub-species will require a fresh name. I may add that Prince
DemidoffMn his Hunting Trips-W the Caucasus, firmly believes in the
existence of hybrids of the above type between the East and the West
Caucasian tur.
The following dimensions of horns, are recorded by Mr. Rowland
Ward :—
OLeuntegrt hC ualrovne.g
CircuBmafsearlence; Tip to Tip. Locality.
O coH
1 i s i W . Caucasus.
3*1 - Il| » H i Ilf Caucasus.
/ I °f 22I Elbruz. D1 ■ B »
Number four in this list is the abnormal specimen.
Distributio^^kThe western h a lfJK th e main chain of the Caucasus,
from the neighbourhood of Dych-tau and Elbruz westwards.
In habits this speci|§; is probably very similar to the preceding.
3. T he Spanish T ur— C a p r a p y r en a ic a
Capra pyrenaica, Schinz, Neue Denkschr. schweiz. Ges. vol. ii. p. 9, pis. ii.
andiSpj (18388^ Gray, Knowsley Menagerie, p. 33 (1850) ; Biasing, Sdugeth.
DeutscKlands,. p. 480 ( 18 5 7 ); Busk, Trans. Zool. Soc. vol. x. p. 118
’ (14877) ; Lydekker, Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Aferwpt. ii. p. 41 (1885).;
P. L. Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. ,1886, 8 , 3 1 5 ; Nathusius, Zool. Anzeigey,
1888, p. 333 ; Chapman and Buck, Wild Spain, p. 129 ^ 8 9 3 ) ; Ward,
Records o f Big Game, p. 228 (1896)