. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. 114 ORDERS OF MAMMALSâHOOFED ANIMALS. HORNS OF ASIATIC AND AMERICAN MOUNTAIN SHEEP. 1. Siberian Argali. No. 1 in list on page 112. 2. Marco Polo'.s Stieep. A specimen of medium length, only. 3. Big-Horn. No. 4 in list. A very large pair. â 1. AVhite Sheep. No. 5 in list ; of unusual length. sheep; black sheep; Bis-Honi; Nelson's and Mexican sheep. It requires no stretch of the imagination to behold Berinn; Strait choked with the great polar ice-yjack, and hardy, .strong-hmb
. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. 114 ORDERS OF MAMMALSâHOOFED ANIMALS. HORNS OF ASIATIC AND AMERICAN MOUNTAIN SHEEP. 1. Siberian Argali. No. 1 in list on page 112. 2. Marco Polo'.s Stieep. A specimen of medium length, only. 3. Big-Horn. No. 4 in list. A very large pair. â 1. AVhite Sheep. No. 5 in list ; of unusual length. sheep; black sheep; Bis-Honi; Nelson's and Mexican sheep. It requires no stretch of the imagination to behold Berinn; Strait choked with the great polar ice-yjack, and hardy, .strong-hmbed bears, wolves, mountain sheep and reindeer crossing over the sixty miles that now separate Asia from Alaska, and spreading in all directions over North Amer- ica. I fully believe that the parent stock of our mountain sheep, caribou, , wolves and bears came from . by this route. The Rocky Mountain Goat, or White Goat,' ' (>-rc am'nos mon-lan'us. is the only American represent- ative of the numerous species of wild goats, ibexes and other goat-like animals so numerous throughout the Old World from Japan to India, southern Europe and northern Africa. Thus far with but one excep- tion all the rumors of "ibex'' thathave come from Wyoming, Colorado, Montana and Brit- ish Columbia have proA'en en- tirely without foundation. In one case a Colorado hunter discovered a small band of once-tame goats running wild and reported it to Recreation magazine, with a photogi'aph of a mounted specimen. While it is possible that a genuine Capra may yet be found inhabiting some unexplored region, like the Romanzoff Mountains, such an occur- rence is very improbable. The only use or value thus far found in the Mountain Coat is as "game" for sports- men who like difficult and dangerous tasks. With but few exceptions, it inhabits the grassy belt of the high mountains just above tim- ber-line, and it particularly loves the dangerous ice-cov- ered slopes and "hog-bac
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