10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BURHEL»
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1
The Marches of Hindustan: The Record of a Journey in Thibet, ...
of the mountain on the side farther from the burhel, when the shikari suddenly stifl
'ened like a pointer and fell on his face. And no wonder, for a cautious peep
ahead showed a herd of animals peaceably feeding. We dropped back clear of
the ...
2
Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes
After riding about eight miles through country too steep for the ammon, but which
is frequented by herds of burhel (O. nahura), I came to the open rolling hills on
which the larger wild sheep are usually to be found. Here I overtook a native ...
3
Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society
... and foxes. Above Durmi village, barking deer are to be had, and above the
inlet we saw the fresh tracks of a bear that had come out of one nullah and
passed up another. But for thar, bear, musk-deer and burhel time must be set
aside and ...
Bombay Natural History Society, 1952
4
Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes
A few days later I camped above Margaon, towards the source of the Dhauli river,
on good burhel (Ovis nahura) ground, and bitterly cold it was here at night at an
elevation of about 12,5oo ft. on a treeless expanse of snow. I several times saw ...
5
Sikhim & Bhutan: Twenty-one Years on the North-East ...
The surrounding country is beautiful and well worth visiting ; game is plentiful, as
a bag of four Blood pheasant, two Mohal pheasant, and one, burhel, without
really leaving the road, clearly evidenced ; and it would make an ideal place to ...
6
A Handbook of the Mammals of India
T.C. Jerdan. 0V1S NAHURA. 297 In summer the coat is overlaid with a distinct
rufous tint. In winter the coat is stated by some to be dark brown in certain
localities ; thus corresponding with Blyth,a account of 0. Burhel ; but these were
probably ...
7
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
OVISNAHURA vel BURHEL. The Blue Wild Sheep (Jerdon's No. 237). NATIVE
NAMES.—Burhel, Buroot, in the Himalayas; Napu, Na, or Sna, Thibetand Ladakh
; Nervati, inNepal. Wa' or Waron theSutlej. HABITAT.—This animal has a wide ...
Robert Armitage Sterndale (F.R.G.S.), 1929
8
Sport in Ladakh: five letters from the field
going exclusively after burhel, though we passed several nalahs which are well
known as holding good rams, always meeting me with the answer that " the sahib
will be certain to get as many burhel as he wishes, either on the road or on the ...
Sir Frederick Edward Shafto Adair (4th baron), 1895
9
The Sportsman's Guide to Kashmir & Ladak, & C., by A.E. Ward ...
In the spring there are plenty of Ibex about, but in the summer they decamp to
Fatoksir, where it is useless to follow them. Possibly the shikaries may be able to
show some Burhel in May or June, but there appear to be no big rams to be seen.
Alexander Ernest Wardrop, 1887
On the day following my return to Nang Nullah, I soon came in view of some
burhel which I followed up, but spotting a single ibex with a good head the former
were abandoned in favour of the latter. Unfortunately more burhel appeared and
...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BURHEL»
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Castles in the Air: Experiences and Journeys in Unknown Bhutan
The surrounding hills are a favorite haunt of Burhel Ovis Nahura. Note yaks grazing in the foreground. Photograph by John Claude White. «National Geographic, Sep 14»
