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of the domesticated Javan breed, and by 
two heads of the Burmese race. The 
latter (locally known as ‘“T'saine”’) differs 
from the typical Javan animal by the 
tawny colour of the fully adult bulls. The 
only mounted specimen of a Javan bull in 
good condition in this country is a head 
in the collection of Sir Hdmund Loder, at 
Leonard’s Lee, near Horsham. Mr. F. E. 
Blaauw, of Graveland, Holland, is, however, 
the fortunate owner of one or more living 
examples of this (in Hurope) rare animal. 
Very little is known of the habits of + 
the true banting in the wild state. The 
species is, however, kept in a domesti- 
cated condition both in Java and in the 
neighbouring island of Batchian, in both 
of which it apparently constitutes the 
common, if not the only, breed of the 
country. 
ND 
The 
Wallachian 
Sheep. 
SEVERAL 
of the con- 
tinental 
countries of 
South- Hast- 
ern Hurope 
and South- 
Western 
Asia are the 
home of a 
very remark- 
able breed, 
or rather 
of several 
closely-allied breeds, of sheep characterised 
by the corkscrew-like form of the long and 
slender horns of the rams. As shown in our 
illustration, which is taken from a ram of 
the Wallachian breed, these sheep have black 
faces, ears, and legs, and long bushy tails. 
The fleece is also rather dark-coloured, and 
consists of long, shaggy wool mingled with 
hair. The most striking feature is, however, 
undoubtedly formed by the horns, which are 
present in both sexes, although very much 
smaller in the ewes than in the rams. It is said 
these horns attain their finest development 
WALLACHIAN SHEEP. 
Animal Life 
in the Cretan breed. In the Wallachian 
breed, however, they are also of great length, 
and diverge at about an angle of 45 degrees 
from the middle lime of the head. In the 
Hungarian breed the divergence is very much 
less, the two horns forming a narrow Y. It 
will be seen that the horns form a regular 
closely-twisted corkscrew-like spiral, recalling 
that of the lesser kudu among the antelopes, 
and the markhor among the wild goats. 
By linneus the spike-horned sheep was 
regarded as a species distinct from the one 
represented by the ordinary domesti- 
cated breeds; and there is much to be 
said in favour 
of this view. 
In Wood’s 
“oN a tu rail 
BiG wOw iy 
there 1s, how- 
ever, a figure 
of a Walla- 
chian, or Cre- 
tan, sheep, 
in which the 
horns at first 
take a down- 
ward and in- 
ward curve 
like those of 
an ordinary 
ram, and then 
shoot up- 
wards in the 
straight corkscrew-like spiral, of which, by 
the way, the twists are much more open 
than in the specimen here figured. Whether 
this is true to nature or a fancy of the artist 
is not easy to determine; if the former, it 
suggests that these sheep are nearer to the 
ordinary breeds than is commonly supposed. 
Apparently these sheep are by no means 
uncommon’ in their native countries, although 
it is difficult to ascertain whether they take 
the place of the ordinary breeds, or whether 
they are a special half-wild breed. Authentic 
information on this point would be of interest. 
