228 UNGULATES. 
On the other hand, in the countries to the eastward of the Caspian Sea, such 
as Persia and many parts of Central Asia, as well as in North-Eastern Central 
Africa, we find that the flat tail becomes short or rudimentary, and the fat 
accumulates on either side of the haunches in two great protuberances. Hence this 
breed is designated O. aries steatopyga. This breed, as shown in our illustration, is 
of large size, and differs from most domesticated sheep in its completely hairy 


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THE BLACK-HEADED SHEEP (;4; nat. size). 
pelage. The coat of the adult resembles, indeed, very closely that of many wild 
sheep, generally consisting of short and close hair, and yielding no wool capable of 
being spun or woven. The lambs have, however, a perfectly woolly coat. In 
Abyssinia Mr. Blanford states that the fat-tailed sheep kept in the highlands differ 
from the ordinary breed in being covered with wool. They have also frequently 
well-developed and handsomely-curled horns. In our figured example of the hairy 
breed of these sheep, the hair is white on the body but black on the head and front 
part of the neck. The horns are small and curved. These sheep are kept in great 
