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Order UNGULATA
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Genus OVIS.
Ovis canadensis auduboni Merriani.
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XIV, p. 31, April 5, 1901.
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Skin (lost) and skull. Young adult male. "Upper Missouri."
Probably collected in the Badlands of South Dakota in 1855 by Dr.
F. V. Ilaydon. Skin of head cataloo-ued June '21, 1S56; skull cata-
logued Api-il 27, 1887.
Skull and horns, No. 22610, in good condition. Catalogue callw for skin of
the head. No. 1520, whioli can not be found.
Ovis montana dalli Nelson. Cotvpes.
Proc. U. S. Nat. .AIus., VII, p. 12, June :5, 1884.
= Ovis dalli (Nelson). See Allen, Bull. Anier. Mus. Nat. Hist., IX, j.. 112. April
8, 1897.
In the original description, Mr. NeL-^on says: "The types of the new race are
two specimens brought me by Mr. L. N. ^IcQuesten, a fur trader living at Fort
Reliance, on the Upper Yukon River near the point where it crosses the British
boundarj'^ line. These specimens were killed by the Indians on some mountains
south of Fort Yukon and on the west bank of the river." They were taken in
the winter of 1879-80. The two cotyj^es are not designated in the original de-
scription by number, but the two specimens that INIr. Nelson had at tlie time are.
13265. Skin. Adult female.
In fair condition. The catalogues call for a lower jaw No. 20787, now lost.
Original number iff.
mih Skin and skull. Adult male.
Skin in fair condition; skull perfect, except slight cutting about fonimen magnum.
Original number iff.
The skins were catalogued .January 5, 1881; the skull and lower jaw September
8, 1882.
Both specimens were mounted ])y Want's Natural Science Kstablishment, of
Rochester, N. Y., and were on exhibition for many years in the IMuscum. In
April, 1902, these si)ecimens were made into study skins. Each was found
to contain a wooden skull to which horns were fastened. These wooilen skulls
with the attached horns are still in the skins. The horns fa.stened to the wooden
skull of the male skin are slightly larger than the horns belonging to the skull of
the same specimen. As the horns of the skull fit tlie horn-cores it is probable
that the horns now on the skin do not naturally belong there, and the true horns
of the cotype are those found with the skull. This skull was lost for many years,
but was found in the collection .January 12, 1905, by Mr. Walter T>. Ilahn and
recognize