. Records of big game with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements . Thomas. 26J II 19 Algeria . W. H. Lindsay. 26 Hi 16^ Do. Edgar. 26 13 24 Sudan . A. L. Butler. 25i 1 17! Algeria Hon. John Ward. 25i »i 17 Do. F. de Murietta. 25s IO§ 16 Do. Col. G. J. Cuthbert. 24I iog 16 Tunisia . Capt. W. W. Pitt-Taylor. 24S Ili i7i Algeria E. Richardson Cox. 24I II§ i8| Do. H. G. Watson. 241 I2i i7i Dongola . 0. Atkey. 23i ioi 17 Tunis C. Trevor Wingfield. 22| ioi 22^ Algeria . F. M. Bailey. 22§ Hi I4i Tunisia Capt. J. B. Jenkinson. 22i II Mi Algeria .
. Records of big game with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements . Thomas. 26J II 19 Algeria . W. H. Lindsay. 26 Hi 16^ Do. Edgar. 26 13 24 Sudan . A. L. Butler. 25i 1 17! Algeria Hon. John Ward. 25i »i 17 Do. F. de Murietta. 25s IO§ 16 Do. Col. G. J. Cuthbert. 24I iog 16 Tunisia . Capt. W. W. Pitt-Taylor. 24S Ili i7i Algeria E. Richardson Cox. 24I II§ i8| Do. H. G. Watson. 241 I2i i7i Dongola . 0. Atkey. 23i ioi 17 Tunis C. Trevor Wingfield. 22| ioi 22^ Algeria . F. M. Bailey. 22§ Hi I4i Tunisia Capt. J. B. Jenkinson. 22i II Mi Algeria . Hon. Walter Rothschild. 22^ 12 i6f Dongola . Capt. W. H. Wilkin. 9 22 II| I5i Dongola . 0. Atkey. 22 ni 16 Red Sea Littoral . R. Wavell-Paxton. 2li io£ i8i Do. Capt. S. S. Flower. 2IJ 21 I0| ioi I7i 15* Capt. the Hon. G. H. G. C. Whitaker. 21 ni 184 W. of Dongola Earl of Kingston. 28 »4 16i S. Tuni 27f ni 14A Algeria 27^ 12% I3& ?20| 10 16 Algeria OWNERS MEASUREMENTS. J. I. S. Whitaker. Viscount Edmond de Museum, E. Pease. BIGHORN 389. Skull and Horns of Rocky Mountain Bighorn. The BIGHORN SHEEP (Ovis canadensis). The bighorn of the American continent, inclusive of its local races,is a large sheep, distinguished from the Asiatic argalis, among otherfeatures, by the comparative smoothness of the horns, in which theouter front angle is prominent and the inner one rounded off, and alsoby the smaller size of the face-glands. There is a well-marked whitishpatch on the rump, but the amount of white on the under-parts andlegs shows considerable local variation. In the typical RockyMountain race {O. canadensis typicd) the ears are long and pointed,with short hair, and the horns, which are very heavy, diverge but littleoutwards, and generally have the tips broken. The Californian nelsoni is a paler southern race. In O. canadensis stonei ofthe North-West Territories the colour of the back is very dark, andthe white on
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