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Show 462 MR. C. G. DANFORD ON THE [June 1, made by Linnaeus and Buffon, has himself fallen into the error of confounding the iEgagrus with the Ovis tragelaphus and the Bart-schaf of Pennant. Wagner (Suppl. to Schreber, pt. iv. p. 502) says, "Although these Goats are in their native countries (Persia, the Alps of Asia Minor, and the Caucasus) by no means rare, yet the imperfect descriptions which Gmelin has left, have not, up to this time, been completed." This completion he proceeds to make from a specimen in the Museum at Vienna, which was originally sent there by Dr. Brandt, to whose excellent article, which forms the bulk of M . Tchihatchef s chapter on C. agagrus, I will refer the reader for detailed descriptions of the animal. In the winter of 1873-74, while on an excursion up the valleys of the Meander and Harpasus, we made many inquiries respecting this species, but could obtain no evidence of its existence among the mountains of that district; and it was not until our next visit in December of last year that we met with it in the southern part of the country near Adalia. The picturesque town of Adalia is situated at the head of the Gulf of the same name, and is the principal place in the once populous district of Pamphylia. It is surrounded on its landward sides by a wide brushwood-covered plain, bounded on the north and northeast by the Gok and other mountains of the Taurus, and on the west by the Solyman, a lofty spur of the same range, in which latter the present specimens were collected. These mountains, the principal summit of which, the Ak-dagh (white mountain), attains a height of 10,000 feet (Hoskyn), rise abruptly from the plain and sea, and are of very imposing and rugged forms. The pure grey tints of the marble and mnrble-limestone of which they are principally composed show beautifully between the snowy summits and the bright green of the pines and darker shades of the undergrowth of oak, myrtle, and bay, which clothe their lower slopes. The Wild Goat is here found either solitary or in small parties and herds, which number sometimes as many as 100; the largest which I saw contained 28. It is called by the natives Kayeek, which word, though applied in other parts of the country to the Stag, and sometimes even the Roe, is here only used to designate the iEgagrus, the Fallow Deer of this district being properly known as Jamoorcha. The old males of the iEgagrus inhabit, during summer, the higher mountains, being often met with on the snow, while the females and young frequent the lower and easier ridges; in winter, however, they all seem to live pretty much together among the rocks, scattered pines, and bushy ground, generally preferring elevations of from 2000-5000 feet. Herr Kotschy says they never descend below 4000 feet in Cilicia; but his observations were made in summer. Menetries mentions (Voy. Catal. Rais.) that in the Caucasus they are not found under 1000 feet unless when driven down by hard weather. In the neighbourhood of Adratschan, at the southern extremity of the Solyman range, where the species is |