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CASSELL'S rOPULAB NATURAL HISTOBY. 



THE MOUFLOX* 



UNDER the general name of Mouflon many kinds of wild sheep have boon included, and tlio term is 

 likewise used with a more restricted application, to indicate particular species. Thus, wo have the 

 moutlon of Corsica and the mouflou of America, besides others. 



The ruffled mouflon has been particularly described by M. J. G. St. Hilaire ; it was brought 

 from Egypt by his father. The most singular character presented by it, and which obtained for it the 

 French name of Moi'flon a manchettes, was the long hairs which garnish the anterior parts of its body 

 and legs. Hairs from six to seven inches long sprang from the three lower quarters of the thigh, as 

 far as the shank, on the anterior, posterior, and external sides, and hung down as far as the middle o! 



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THE MOUKLOX. 



the shank, thus forming a very remarkable kind of ornamental uppmdage. Resides this, a tuft of 

 long hairs, from two to four inches in length, rose from each side, near the angle of the jaw ; and a 

 little below this commenced a band of hairs, running along the medial line, wlnYh was continued to 

 the lower part of the neck, where it was divided into two braiu-lnr., which terminated near the articu- 

 lation of the tibia with the thigh. A little below the place v.liere they bmircaied, Iliese hairs were 

 from a foot to thirteen inches long ; but towards the extremity of the neck and shoulders, they were 

 much shorter, not exceeding six inches. Their colour was generally (lie same as that of the body a 

 line reddish-yellow but those which were placed near the anterior side of the thigh and shank were 

 brownish, and a line of the latter colour was observable on the anterior part of the neck. We give, 

 also, an engraving of the Aoiuladt of the Moors of Uarbary and the Kebsch of the Arabians, which is 

 a native of North Africa. 



' ".1 trapUphus. Tho Bcnrclcel Arg.ili. Hamillnn. Mouflou (VAfriquo. GcolTroy. 



Caprovis Ammotragus. 



