. Annual report - New York Zoological Society. Zoology. FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT. 89. OVIS DALLI LAMB. Mounted by W. R. McFadden & Son, Denver, Colo. only the mountain fastnesses of the remote and difficult interior, its immunity from discovery would be easily explained; but in many localities it inhabited ranges washed by tide-water, and lived almost within sight of the traders along the coast. It was not until 1884 that the White Sheep was discovered and described in print by Mr. E. W. Nelson, a trained naturalist, in the service of the United States Government. Strangely, and un- fortunately
. Annual report - New York Zoological Society. Zoology. FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT. 89. OVIS DALLI LAMB. Mounted by W. R. McFadden & Son, Denver, Colo. only the mountain fastnesses of the remote and difficult interior, its immunity from discovery would be easily explained; but in many localities it inhabited ranges washed by tide-water, and lived almost within sight of the traders along the coast. It was not until 1884 that the White Sheep was discovered and described in print by Mr. E. W. Nelson, a trained naturalist, in the service of the United States Government. Strangely, and un- fortunately, his type specimens were so dingy and off-color from pure white that he was compelled to describe the species as being " nearly uniform dirty-white," which was ascribed to " the ends of the hairs being commonly tipped with a dull, rusty ; Whatever may have been the cause of this peculiar condition of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York Zoological Society. New York, The Society
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