. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. snow on their wild pasture was knee deep, and the sheep were pawing through it to reach the tallest blades of dry grass, they were as well fed and fat as if they had been feeding at a manger. The largest horns of this species measure 18 inches in circumference at the base; but any horns which are 15 inches in basal circum- ference may be consid- ered large. All female wild sheep have horns, but they are small, short, erect and much Copyright, 1902, by Harry Pidgeon. HEAD OF
. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. snow on their wild pasture was knee deep, and the sheep were pawing through it to reach the tallest blades of dry grass, they were as well fed and fat as if they had been feeding at a manger. The largest horns of this species measure 18 inches in circumference at the base; but any horns which are 15 inches in basal circum- ference may be consid- ered large. All female wild sheep have horns, but they are small, short, erect and much Copyright, 1902, by Harry Pidgeon. HEAD OF WHITE MOUNTAIN SHEEP. Shot and photographed on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, by Harry Pidgeon. flattened. They vary in length from 5 to 8 inches. The Pinacate Big- HoRN {Ovis canadensis), of the Pinacate Moun- tains, in the north- western corner of Sonora, Mexico, on the eastern shore of the Gulf of California, is of the same species as the Big-Horn of the Rocky Mountains, but it is of peculiar interest. It in- habits what is literally one of the jumping-ofiF places of the. 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 Hornaday, William Temple, 1854-1937. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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