. Records of big game : with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements . 7i- 22i Do. H. R. Lloyd. 43 8 19 Near Suakin A. L. Butler. 42 7h 20 Do. Hon. Walter Rothschild. 41S 7i i7i Nortli Africa Major W. H. Kesant. 40| 7l 203 Do. W. H. Watney. 40i 7i 24 Do. A. Fowler. 40i 7h 183 Do. H. Boughton Leigh. 40 8 195 Do. ^Lajor H. H. .S. Morant. 38I 7h I2A Upper Egypt . .Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. ^,^ 7h Mi North Africa Prince E. Demidoff. M m lOi Do. Lord Villiers. ZH 8 21 .Suakin . . Major A. King. B. and C—ARABIAN and SINAITIC RACES (C. nubia
. Records of big game : with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements . 7i- 22i Do. H. R. Lloyd. 43 8 19 Near Suakin A. L. Butler. 42 7h 20 Do. Hon. Walter Rothschild. 41S 7i i7i Nortli Africa Major W. H. Kesant. 40| 7l 203 Do. W. H. Watney. 40i 7i 24 Do. A. Fowler. 40i 7h 183 Do. H. Boughton Leigh. 40 8 195 Do. ^Lajor H. H. .S. Morant. 38I 7h I2A Upper Egypt . .Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. ^,^ 7h Mi North Africa Prince E. Demidoff. M m lOi Do. Lord Villiers. ZH 8 21 .Suakin . . Major A. King. B. and C—ARABIAN and SINAITIC RACES (C. nubiana mengesi and sinaitica). Lengthon frontcurve. Circum-ference. Tip toTip. Locality. Owner. 50 9 Southern Arabia Capt. J. T. Brinkley. -49h H 12 Do. Major W. Merewether. 42 7\ Arabia . . East India Club. 4li 8 i6i Do. ... Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart 394 8| I9i South-East Arabia Hon. Walter Rothschild. 38i 7i 12 .Sinai R. Hayne. 3Sh 6i 12 Do W. E. Pease. 3Si 7 i5i Do J. D. Cobbold. 30 7 i5i Palestine . . P. B. Vander Byl. ?ioi 3i Sinai . . .- Owners measurement W. E. Pease. 378 RECORDS OF BIG GAME. Skull and Horns of Sine! Wild Goal. From Mr. Humes specimen. The PASANG or WILD GOAT (Capra hircus). The horns of the Persian wild goat {C. hircus (Cgagrus), whichappears to be the ancestral form of the domesticated goat of Europeand Asia {C. hircus), differ from those of the various species of ibexby having no distinct front surface, but merely a sharp notched keel,representing the inner front angle of the ibex horn. In old malesthe beard is very long. The general colour of the upper-parts is brownishgrey in winter and reddish brown in summer, while the under-partsare white, and there are blackish brown and white markings on theface and limbs. Height at shoulder reaching to 37 inches. The so-called Sind ibex {C. Jiircus blythi) forms a second local raceof the species, inhabiting Sind and parts of Baluchistan, where it prob-ably passes imperceptibly into the Persian race. It is di
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