. The sheep and its cousins . Sheep. 266 THE SHEEP AND ITS COUSINS and flatness of the front surface of the horns (pi. XX. fig. 2), which has very sharp lateral angles, and frequently carries very few transverse wrinkles. In old rams, however, this flatness seems to be less marked. These urial run very large, and the old rams in winter carry long and unusually white. Skull and Horns of Kopet Dagh Urial. throat-ruffs ; both these features tending to connect them with the smaller races of the argali, from which they are not far removed in space. Fine specimens of the horns of the North Elburz ar
. The sheep and its cousins . Sheep. 266 THE SHEEP AND ITS COUSINS and flatness of the front surface of the horns (pi. XX. fig. 2), which has very sharp lateral angles, and frequently carries very few transverse wrinkles. In old rams, however, this flatness seems to be less marked. These urial run very large, and the old rams in winter carry long and unusually white. Skull and Horns of Kopet Dagh Urial. throat-ruffs ; both these features tending to connect them with the smaller races of the argali, from which they are not far removed in space. Fine specimens of the horns of the North Elburz arkal attain a length of from 45 to 47 inches. A good account of the Elburz urial will be found in Major R. L. Kennion's By Mountain, Lake, and Plain? ' Page 278, Edinburgh and London, 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 Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915. London : G. Allen
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