. Annual report - New York Zoological Society. Zoology. TENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 225 H^^. 200 head of mountain sheep in this country altogether. The largest pair of horns known to Mr. Smith was secured by j\Ir. John M. Philhps, the circumference being 18^4 inches at the base when first killed. Unlike the deer, these sheep have their winter and summer ranges within two or three miles of the same local- ities. MOUNTAIN GOAT. With the possible exception of the mountain sheep none of these animals compete with the mountain goat {Oreamnos iiioii- tanns). Sheep and goats do not generally occupy the same
. Annual report - New York Zoological Society. Zoology. TENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 225 H^^. 200 head of mountain sheep in this country altogether. The largest pair of horns known to Mr. Smith was secured by j\Ir. John M. Philhps, the circumference being 18^4 inches at the base when first killed. Unlike the deer, these sheep have their winter and summer ranges within two or three miles of the same local- ities. MOUNTAIN GOAT. With the possible exception of the mountain sheep none of these animals compete with the mountain goat {Oreamnos iiioii- tanns). Sheep and goats do not generally occupy the same moun- tain tops. Certain mountains are celebrated for sheep, others for goats. From the Elk Valley Smith notes that the goats range a short distance south of the Montana line, west to the Selkirks, southward into northern Idaho and northern Washington. They are very abundant in the mountains surrounding the headwaters of the Kootenay, White, Bull, Elk rivers. Among the young. Smith observes two kinds; one snow-white with very fine wool, the other kind with dark brown or sandy colored tail and scat- tering light brown hairs ranging up the back to the base of the skull. Both are represented in the specimens which have been sent to the New York Zoological Park, the male belonging to the first varietv, the two females to the second 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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