Hansa Sheep. 



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or tags, of skin on the throat, and the bhvck-and-white, or brown-and- 

 white coloui-inti^. The nims carry a pair of long, spirally twisted, and 

 outwardly directed horns, but the ewes are hornless. Typically the 

 ears of the rams hang straight down, while those of the ewes are 

 directed almost horizontally outwards ; and the whole of the hejid (with 



Fig. 9. — A Hacsa ok Nigerian Ram, 

 (Prom the Report of the Royal Zoological Society of Ireland for 1902.) 



the exception of the muzzle) and the body as far back as the loins 

 are black or dark brown, the hind-quarters, tail, and hind-limbs being 

 alone white. In the ewe exhibited the black is, however, confined 

 to portions of the head, the ears are pendent, and there are no 

 lappets on the throat. 



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