Body cylindrical, diaphanous, spotted with white at the base of the dorsal fin; tubercles none.
Account of a North American Quadruped, supposed to belong to the Genus Ovis, by George Ord.
ROCKY-MOUNTAIN SHEEP.
OVIS MONTANA.
In the Journal of Lewis and Clark, there is an account of a quadruped which appears to have not excited that attention which it merits. The following extracts are made from the above mentioned work: "Saw the skin of a mountain sheep, which the Indians say lives among the rocks in the mountains: the skin was covered with white hair, the wool long, thick and coarse, with long coarse hair on the top of the neck and the back, resembling somewhat the bristles of a goat." Vol. II. p. 49.
"The sheep is found in many places, but mostly in the timbered parts of the rocky mountains. They live in greater numbers on the chain of mountains forming the commencement of the woody country on the coast, and passing the Columbia between the falls and rapids." Vol. II. p. 169.
The latter passage was written while our travellers wintered at the mouth of the Columbia rivr. But on their return, at Brant Island, and Indian "offered two sheep skins for sale: one, which was the skin of a fullgrown sheep, was as large as that of a common deer; the second was smaller, and the head part, with the horns remaining, was made into a cap, and highly prized as an ornament by the ower. The Clahelellahs informed us
