. Records of big game with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements . n E. N. Buxton. 28i 10 I4i Asia Minor R. P. Page. 27i 9* 21 W. Asia Minor . T. Bowen Rees. 26i 9i 14 Asia Minor . Col. C. M. Dobell. 26| 95 I2| Do. Capt. F. Blacker. 26^0 8i 121- Cilician Taurus . C. G. Danford. 24I 9l 16 Asia Minor . II. 0. Whittall. 24i 9i II| Persian Frontier Prince E. Demidoff. 244 9 i6§ W. Asia Minor . C. G. R. Lee. 24 9l 17 Asia Minor . Col. J. Biddulph. 24 9i 18| Do. W. N. Williamson. 23 9l 144 Do. Capt. W. W. Pitt-Taylor. C—PERSIAN RACE (0. orientalis ers
. Records of big game with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements . n E. N. Buxton. 28i 10 I4i Asia Minor R. P. Page. 27i 9* 21 W. Asia Minor . T. Bowen Rees. 26i 9i 14 Asia Minor . Col. C. M. Dobell. 26| 95 I2| Do. Capt. F. Blacker. 26^0 8i 121- Cilician Taurus . C. G. Danford. 24I 9l 16 Asia Minor . II. 0. Whittall. 24i 9i II| Persian Frontier Prince E. Demidoff. 244 9 i6§ W. Asia Minor . C. G. R. Lee. 24 9l 17 Asia Minor . Col. J. Biddulph. 24 9i 18| Do. W. N. Williamson. 23 9l 144 Do. Capt. W. W. Pitt-Taylor. C—PERSIAN RACE (0. orientalis erskinei). In some instances the horns curve forward, when this sheep ispractically indistinguishable from an urial. If the two really inter-grade, the name O. orientalis has priority over O. cycloceros. Distribution.—South flank of the Elburz Mountains of Persia. Length on Circum- front curve. ference. 27^ IO 24f 94 24 94 Tip to Tip. Locality 14 Elburz Range 15! (no beard) i7i (beard) Owner. Hon. W. slopes of the Elburz . Capt. the Hon. G. II. Douglas- Pennant. Do. Do. 414 RECORDS OF BIG GAME. Head of Mouflon. Shot by Count Andrassy. The MOUFLON (Ovis musimon). The large light-coloured saddle on the otherwise dark winter-coatof the rams and the form of the horns are so distinctive of the speciesthat nothing in the way of description need be attempted in this horns of rams normally curve forwards so as to have their tipsnear the eyes, and are comparatively massive, with the wrinkles of atype somewhat different from that obtaining in the red races appear recognisable, in one of which the ewes are hornless,while in the other they have short horns. Height at shoulder, about27 inches. Distribution.—At the present day the islands of Sardinia and the race with hornless ewes is restricted to one of theseislands. Length onfront curve. Circum-ference. Tip to Tip. Locality. Owner. 3H 8 i Sardinia Duke of Bedford. 34i 8| i6§ Do. W. Monc
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