The great and small game of India, Burma, & Tibet . her apart at their bases. The Sind wild goat—the Sind ibex of sportsmen—is a near relative ofthe Persian wild goat {Capra hirciis agagrus), which is itself nothingmore than the wild representative of the domesticated goat. The ordinaryPersian wild goat is an animal of comparatively slender build, standingabout 37 inches at the withers. In old males the long scimitar-shapedbackwardly curving horns are compressed, with the front edge sharp andkeeled for some distance above its base, after which it carries several bold o 98 Great and Small Game
The great and small game of India, Burma, & Tibet . her apart at their bases. The Sind wild goat—the Sind ibex of sportsmen—is a near relative ofthe Persian wild goat {Capra hirciis agagrus), which is itself nothingmore than the wild representative of the domesticated goat. The ordinaryPersian wild goat is an animal of comparatively slender build, standingabout 37 inches at the withers. In old males the long scimitar-shapedbackwardly curving horns are compressed, with the front edge sharp andkeeled for some distance above its base, after which it carries several bold o 98 Great and Small Game of India, etc. and widely separated knobs. On their inner side the horns are nearly flat,externally they are convex, and posteriorly rounded off. Althoughoccasionally directed outwards, their tips are usually inclined inwards ;throughout their length they are marked by faint transverse striations, andin colour they are nearly black. In the does (Plate IV. Fig. la) the hornsare less compressed, not longer than the head, and devoid of knobs. The. Fig. 13.—The Sind Wild Goat. From a buck killed in the Lora Haman Hills, north-westof Kelat, by Sir Robert Harvey. beard of the bucks is very long, especially in winter, and in old animalsoccupies the whole width of the chin, although in their younger brethrenrestricted to its middle portion. During the winter the hair on the neckand shoulders becomes markedly longer than in summer ; and in the colderportions of its habitat the animal develops a coat of woolly under-fur, orpashm, at the base of the hairs. In winter the general colour of theupper-parts may be described as some shade of brownish grey, and insummer as reddish brown ; but at all seasons the very old bucks tend to The Sind Wild Goat 99 become paler. On the under surface of the body, as well as on the innersides of the buttocks and thighs, the hair is white or whitish. Althoughsome degree of individual variation is observable in the extent and form ofthe black and white
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