. The game animals of India, Burma, Malaya, and Tibet; being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet,' . g ; there is a light patch on the back surfaceof the lower portion of the hind-leg, and a distinctwhorl of hair on the outer side of the same ; the earsare large and rounded—lighter inside than out—and theeyes brownish red, instead of yellowish grey, as in thenext race. The Irtish ibex, or sakin, C. sibirica altaica^ is whollygreyish brown in the summer coat, without a whitesaddle or neck-patch. In the latter respect it seems toagree with the typica
. The game animals of India, Burma, Malaya, and Tibet; being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet,' . g ; there is a light patch on the back surfaceof the lower portion of the hind-leg, and a distinctwhorl of hair on the outer side of the same ; the earsare large and rounded—lighter inside than out—and theeyes brownish red, instead of yellowish grey, as in thenext race. The Irtish ibex, or sakin, C. sibirica altaica^ is whollygreyish brown in the summer coat, without a whitesaddle or neck-patch. In the latter respect it seems toagree with the typical race, from which it differssomewhat in bodily form, the shape of the horns, andcolour. Cafe-au-lait brown is said to be its generalcolour, with a dark dorsal stripe. The horns are light-coloured, and strongly curved at the tips. This ibexoccurs at Tarbagatai. In the Katutay ibex, or sakin,C. sibirica lydekkeri of the Katutay range of the IrtishAltai, the general colour is umber-brown, slightly ii6 The Sakin, or Asiatic Ibex lighter than that of the Thian Shan race in winter, withthe face, forehead, neck-patch, a dorsal saddle, and the. Fig. 16.—The Balti Race of the Asiatic Ibex, from a specimen in theBritish Museum. hind side of the lower part of the legs dirty or creamywhite. The light saddle is intermediate in size betweenthat of the Thian Shan and that of the Balti race, andmuch expanded in the middle over the flanks. The 117 Game Animals of India, etc. horns are extraordinarily massive, with very largeknots. The Kobdo ibex, C. sibirica hagenhecki^ appears to bewidely distributed in Northern Mongolia, and is of apale breadcrust-brown colour, without a light saddle,and specially characterised by the presence ot a callosityon the knee-joint. The horns have a curvature similarto those of the typical race, but the knots in the middleare larger and more approximated ; while there arealso differences in their contour. The Thian Shan ibex, which ranges southward toLake Iss
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