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under-fur at the same season. General colour of adult rams in late summer 

 or early autumn bright rufous-brown, or toxy-red, becoming chocolate- 

 brown on the head and tace ; sides of neck, throat, chest, a line on the 

 flanks, a streak down the withers, a saddle-shaped patch on the back, the 

 front and sides of the fore-legs above the knees, and the front and inner 

 side of the hind-legs above the hocks black. Ears grayish externally, 

 white on the margins and part of the interior ; muzzle and chin grayish- 

 white, passing into a grayish-rufous patch in the centre of the black area 



on the throat ; hinder border of black 

 saddle marked by a broad band grizzled 

 with white. All the under-parts, except 

 a narrow dark streak between the tore- 

 legs, and the buttocks, pure white, which 

 stands out in brilliant contrast to the 

 black band on the flanks. A narrow 

 white streak on the hinder surface ot 

 Fig. 30.— Female Muflon with horns. From both pairs of legs abovc the knecs and 



a photograph bv the Duchess of Bedford. 1.1 • r r ^ 1 • 



hocks ; lower portion or tore-legs white, 

 with a variable amount of black on the front surfice between the knees 

 and the pasterns ; hind-legs below the hocks similarly coloured, but with 

 less of pure white. In winter the colour darkens and tends more to 

 chestnut-brown, while the saddle-like patch becomes larger and squarer, 

 and assumes posteriorly a yellowish or whitish tint, which is apparently 

 most marked in the very old rams. The face-glands below the eyes 

 are comparatively small. The description of the autumn coloration 

 is taken from a very fine mounted ram in the British Museum 

 shot by Mr. F. G. Barclay in the mountains of the interior of 

 Sardinia. 



The ewes seldom have horns, and when present these are usually about 

 2 inches in length, as shown in the illustration. 



