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five niilla? lana pilofa. Penn. qiiadr» tah, iv. 

 Cape Siieep, 

 Habicat ad Cap. bon. Sp, 



OBSERVATIONES. 



I. Genus ovinmn caprino arcte jundum, credit clariff. 

 Pallas ego fcntentio} tanti viri , lubens accederem , 

 fi non aliqua (forfan levioris momenti) obftarent: vi- 

 deamus; cuique animalium domeilicorum generi, pa- 

 trem ferum competere concedo \ nec ullus rei Zoolo- 

 gicse gnarus inficias ibit; videmiis canem ex LupOy 

 Chacal & H^jccna ortum. liircum ex JEgagro na- 

 tum, & forfan //^/V^ , palamefl:, BTuJijnonemowQS de- 

 dilTe ex veterum tefrimonio patet (lic Varro ait) de 

 Theriotrophlo FuLvii LupiNi,etiam pra3ter alia anima- 



lia continere Oves feras, In Sardinia^ Corfica^ 



(ubi adhuc la^te vigec Mudmon five Jrgali^ nafci 

 Arietos, qui pro Lana pilum habent dixit Strabo lib. 



V. Sylvcfl-res ac feros Argales; ovibus domefti- 



cis admiflbs hirtos agnos edidifle paterni coloris, & 

 hos Tarentinas oves ineuntes prolem dedifle avito co- 

 lore, fed mr.terna mollitie, tradidic Coluimella Lil;, 

 VII. ex Experimento patrui, Musimon ergo pater 



ovium, hoc patec. Mupmon ille , habitat in 



/Ifioc montibus Tauri ^ Caucaf ^ in montibus ilL/i:/;;^-^- 

 //c75, Tonguficis, China ^ Kamtfchatlza ^ ubi ab /^/V^ 

 non diflinguitur; inhabitat \\\ Africa & in Anierica, 

 Animrd agile, aflu venatores decipiens. Ha^c de Mu- 

 fimone. Videamus iam /Egagrum , capite caprino 

 aruncato , loro longitudinali atro , olla cranii magis- 

 porrecla , dein in excelfioribus Caucafi, Taurique jii- 

 gis, & Europeis Aipihus vivic , dum Argalis iive 

 Mufimon regiones Alpefires inferiores apricasque co- 

 lic, pr^eterea Argaii & annofiflimo nuncquara Arun- 

 cus qui Hircis pro diagnofi , huic^& finus lacr^^-males 

 infignes , quo plane carenc oves , nec Llirco antra In- 

 guinalia; dein an A^gagrus ^ Mufimonis, adulterino 

 coTcu fpeciem hybridam reddac, nefcio , dr.bito; fal- 

 tem hircos domefticos oves non inire fcio; fateor lu^ 

 benter fervicutem domeilicam , feras temporis fpatio , 

 vehementer m.utare, clinia, folum , viftus incredibiies 

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