I have before me a beautiful photograph by Mr. Oscar Malitte, of Dehra Doon, of a very large skull of this sheep, with the measurements given. The photograph is an excellent one of a magnificent head, and I should say if the measurements have been correctly made, that the horns are the longest, though not the thickest, on record.

The dimensions given are as follows:—

Inches.
Round the curve73
From tip to tip48
Girth at base14

The next largest head to this is the very fine one in the Indian Museum, presented by Major Biddulph:—

Inches.
Round the curve67
From tip to tip53
Girth at base16

There is another in the British Museum:—

Inches.
Round the curve63
From tip to tip54
Girth at base16

From the above measurements it will be seen that the horns in the photograph before me are of greater length, but not so massive as the other two. They are also more compressed in their curvature than the others, and so the tip to tip measurement is less. The skull appears to be that of a very old animal; the horns are quite joined at the base, and from the incrustation on the bones I should say it had been picked up, and was not a shikar trophy. Anyhow it is a valuable specimen.[34]

34 See notes to Ovis Polii in [Appendix C].

[NO. 439. OVIS HODGSONI.]
The Argali or Ovis Ammon of Thibet.