11.-. 



OVE;E. 



OVE/E. 



Caper 



11. The Brazilian Sheep. 



12. The Demerara Sheep. 



13. The South American Sheep (Ovis Aries, Reuger). 



14. The Smooth-Haired Sheep (0. Africans, Ray ; 0. 

 Charlet ; 0. Africana, Sloane). 



15. The African Sheep (0. Guineentis ; A. longipes, Beam 

 Afambrinux) ; the Sheep of Sahara. 



16. The Guinea Sheep (Belier et Brebis des Indes, Buffon ; 0. A. \ 

 Guineensii, Schreb.). 



17. The Morvant de la Chine, Buffon. 



18. The Shaymbliar Sheep of Mysore. 



19. The Sheep of Zeyla, of Buckingham. 



20. The Fezzan Sheep, of Bennett, from Tripoli. 



21. The St. Helena Sheep. 



22. The Marocco Sheep (0. A. Xumidte, H. Smith). 



23. The Congo Sheep (0. A. Congcnsit, H. Smith). 



24. The Angola Sheep (0. A. Angotemit, H. Smith). 



25. The Zenu or Goitred Sheep (0. A. Steatinion, H. Smith). 



- 26. The Ixalus (Ixalut probaton, Ogilby ; 0. Ixalon, Sundevall). 



27. The Cretan Sheep (O. Slrepticeroi, Ray; 0. A. Strepsictroe, 

 Schreb. ; 0. Creteruit, Jonst. ; C'apra Cretentit, Brisson ; Strepsicei-os 

 Cretica, Beach. ; Belier et Brebis de Valachie, BufTon ; Zackl of the 

 Austrians ; Wallachian Sheep of Bewick). 



28. The Long-Tailed Sheep of Russia (0. lonijicaudatut, Brisson ; 

 0. Dolichura tea, TtJurkttrica, Pallas). 



29. The Broad-Tailed Sheep (0 laticaudatm, End., Geoff, 'Mem. 

 Egypt,' ; Lesson, ' Comp. Buffon,' jc. 312 ; 0. laticauda jilati/ceroi I. 

 Arabica, Linn.; 0. Turcica, Charlet; 0. cauda obeta, Ludolf). It ia 

 a native of Barbary. There are several forms of this variety, of which 

 the following are most prominent : The Fat-Rumped Sheep (0. Stea- 



', Pallas ; the Tartarian Sheep of Bewick} ; the Persian Sheep 

 (0. A. ecattdatiu, Geoff.); the Fat-Tailed Sheep (0. A. macrocerau, 



C. M minion, the Moufflon. This animal has a multitude of syno- 

 nyms. It is the Capra Amman of Linnaeus, and the Om Mtaimon 

 and 0. Muamcm of other authors. It is the Wild Sheep and Siberian 

 Goat of Pennaut. It is found in Cyprus, Candia, and Corsica. 



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Moufllon (Ctprwu ITtuimoii). 



C'. Ammotragut,A. Tragdaphut, the Aoudadof the Moors of Barbury 

 and the Kebsch of the Arabians, is a native of North Africa. 



Fat-Tailed Sheep (Orii Ariel maentrrau). 



I..); the Aora Fiyef, or Abyssinian Sheep; the Bucharian Sheep 

 in. Bnatoric*, I 'alias); the Tibetan Sheep (0. Thibetan*!, Fischer); 

 the Cape Shf-ep (O. Caperuii, Erxleb.); the Sheep of Belkab. 



30. The Many-Horned Slicep (0. /iolyceratii.i, Linn.). It is also 

 called the Four-Horned Ram, and the Dumba Sheep. It is a native 

 of N'epaul. 



31. The Puchia, or Hindustan Dumba (0. puchia, Hodgson). 



3i. The Short-Tailed Sheep (O. 1,-arltyura borealii, Pallas). It is 

 a native of Northern Russia. 



33. The Sheqi ..f Tartary. They are said to eat bones like a dog. 



The genus Caprorii embraces the following species : 



C. Viynei, the Sha, or Koch. It is the Mountain Sheep of the 

 north of India, and is found in Tibet. 



C. orientalit, the Armenian Sheep. It H tlie jfii/occna Muiimon of 

 Pallas ; tli< ton of Brandt. It i a native of Armenia. 



KAT. HIST. DIV. VOL. IV. * 



Kebsch (f. Ammolragusj. 



C. Canadensis, the Taye or Big Horn. It is the Or it moiitanits of 

 Geoffroy ; and a variety, the 0. Californianu of Douglas. Dr. Gray 

 fays it is probably the same as the Ammon of Northern Siberia. 



There is only one species of Pieudoii, the P. Nahoor, the Nahoor 

 Nervate or Sna. It is a native of Nepaul. 



C. Aryalit, the Argali. It i.s the +Eyoceras Argali of Pallas, and 

 often confounded with the former. It is a native of Siberia. Dr. Gray 

 says of this species 



" The Nyens or B;imbher.is, or Wild Sheep, seldom or uever cross 

 the Hemachal, the Indian side of which range is the special habitat of 

 the Nahoors, while to the north and west beyond Thibet our animal 

 is replaced by other species, so that Thibet may be considered as the 

 special habitat of one species (Oris Ammonidfs), and the plateaux 

 north of Thibet as far as the Altai of another (Ovis Ammon), cited as 

 types of the true ovine form ; and it may be added, that the six sorts 

 of-tame sheep of Thibet and the Sub-Himalayas all without exception 

 exhibit the essential characters of that form. 



"There are several species that may be confounded under this 

 head : the Siberian Argali is found in the most northern part of that 

 country, and it is probably different from the Himalayau nuimal ; but 

 I have not been able to discover any difference between the specimen 



