. Records of big game : with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements . coat is yellowish white, and the winter-dress of the old bucksdark iron-grey. Distribution.—The Western Himalaya, Gilgit, Afghanistan, etc. A and ^.—ASTOR and PIR PANJAL MARKHOR(C. f. typica and C. f. cashmiriensis). In the Astor {C. falconeri typica) and Pir Panjal {C. falconericashmiriensis) races of the markhor the horns take the form of an open MARKHOR 361 corkscrew-like spiral, with comparatively {e.\v turns, recalling those of thekudu ; the spiral being most open, the spr
. Records of big game : with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements . coat is yellowish white, and the winter-dress of the old bucksdark iron-grey. Distribution.—The Western Himalaya, Gilgit, Afghanistan, etc. A and ^.—ASTOR and PIR PANJAL MARKHOR(C. f. typica and C. f. cashmiriensis). In the Astor {C. falconeri typica) and Pir Panjal {C. falconericashmiriensis) races of the markhor the horns take the form of an open MARKHOR 361 corkscrew-like spiral, with comparatively {e.\v turns, recalling those of thekudu ; the spiral being most open, the spread widest, and the turnsfewest in the Astor form. Height at shoulder of a Gilgit specimen,38^ inches; of Kashmir specimens, from 38 to 41 inches; weightfrom about 200 to 240 lbs. The Astor race is found in Astor,Baltistan, and Chilas, while the Pir Panjal form inhabits the Pir Panjaland Kajnag ranges of Kashmir, and extends to the north-west intoHazara. In Chitral and Gilgit occur gradations between horns of thePir Panjal and Astor types, the specimen shown on page 364 beingone of these intermediate Horns of Astor Markhor. From Mr. A. O. Humes specimen. Length. On outsidecurve. Straightline. Circum-ference. Tip to Tip. Locality. ^-63 Fir Panjal 60^ 39i i 46 Gilgit -60 Astor -59 12 36 Kajnag 59 36 IO| Do. -58i 40 5 10 38i Gilgit Owner. Major-General A, A. A. H. Barstow. (See illustration.)Lucknow Museum. The late Major J. C. Shirres. S. D. Turnbull. Marquis of Lansdowne. - Owners measurements. 1 Picked up either on the Pir Panjal or Kajnag Ranges by the late Col. Cuppage, and measured by General Kinloch. 36: RECORDS OF BIG GAME Length. On outside Straightcurve. line. Circum-ference. Tip to Tip. Locality. Owner. S7f 42 IO| 41 ? Major A. R. Knox. 57i 40 47i Drosh . Capt. B. C. Graham. -57i Hi 40 Kajnag . Capt. H. D. McLaughlin. -564 38 II 38 Kashmir . J. Benett-Stanford. -S6i 35 lOf 37 Gilgit . W. P. Appleford. -56 36t I3I 34g Kashmir . Visco
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