[8] Dark brown, shading to tan and ecru, tinged with grayish blue; large, heavy boned; massive horns curved close to head, well flattened, deeply corrugated on upper rim, usually battered at the points in the older rams. Range the Rocky Mountains north from the Colorado River to the head waters of the Peace River, British Columbia. Range in upper edge of timber line.
[9] White. Summer coat of a rusty hue. Not so large as Canadensis. Horns white, curved well away from head; not so deeply corrugated, less massive than Canadensis. All of Rocky Mountains north of 60° N. L., and Alaskan Mountains in Western Alaska Range, above timber line.
[10] The darkest of all the sheep, shading from light to very dark gray tinged with brown. Horns long and graceful but slender, spreading farther from the head than those of any species. Range the Rocky Mountains between 55° and 60° N. and in the Cassiar, Campbell, and Simson mountains farther west and north to 62° N.
[11] Light brown to ecru tinged with drab. Horns similar to Canadensis. Range the semi-desert country in Southern states from Texas to California.
[12] Darker than Nelsoni, but not so dark as Canadensis. Size large. Horns broad and massive; molar teeth larger than in any known American sheep; tail vertebra long. Range Chihuahua Mountains in Northern and Western Mexico.
[13] White and gray. In size about that of the Dalli and Stonei. Horns white; curved closer to head than Dalli and Stonei. Range Upper Yukon River. Range more in the timber than Stonei or Dalli; habits very much those of Canadensis.
[14] The ram’s horns cease growing at the time of the rutting season, and do not begin again until the spring brings nourishing food. This causes the rings on the horns, it is said, which indicate the number of winters old the sheep is.
[15] “Records of Big Game,” Rowland Ward, third edition.
[16] “Records of Big Game,” Rowland Ward, third edition.
