2l6 THE STUDY OF BREEDS. 



POINTS 



(6) Head Small and hornless, or nearly so, taper- 

 ing to end of nose ; face and nose clean ; in 

 color, brown and white ; ears broad, pendulous 

 and covered with fine hair, in color brown to 

 light fawn 10 



(7) Neck Medium in length, well placed on shoul- 

 ders, small and tapering . . . . .5 



(8) Legs Short; color, brown and white (slightly 

 wooled below the knee not objectionable) . 6 



(9) Size In fair condition ; when fully matured, 

 rams should weigh 150 pounds and upward, 

 ewes 120 pounds and upward . . 6 



(10) General Appearance Good carriage, head well 

 up, quick, elastic movements showing symme- 

 try of form and uniformity of character 

 throughout 6 



Perfection 100 



II. Compared with Southdowns. 



(1) Tunis sheep are larger, though perhaps not heavier, 

 and are more rangy and somewhat longer in the limbs. 



(2) The ears are longer and droop, and the tail is much 

 broader. 



(3) The head and legs are not quite so well covered, the 

 wool is somewhat longer and coarser, and the fleece a little 

 heavier. 



III. Peculiarities of the tail. 



(1) At birth the tail has much loose skin extending from 

 the base for a considerable distance downward. 



(2) Unless when cut close while the animal is young the 

 space thus furnished fills with a fatty substance to the width 

 of three to four inches. 



(3) It will then weigh from three to six pounds, accord- 

 ing to the condition of the sheep. 



(4) The Tunis breed is not to be confounded with various 

 other races of fat-tailed sheep found in the old world. 



