CONTENTS 



CHAP. 



I. The Early History and Names of the Sheep 



II. The Zoological Position and Structure of 



THE Sheep 



III. The Mouflon, or Wild Sheep of Europe, and 



its Forerunners 



IV. The Short-tailed European Breeds 

 V. The Medium-tailed British Breeds 



VI. Medium-tailed Continental and Mediter 



RANEAN Breeds . ... 



VII. The Turbary or Bundner Sheep 

 VIII. Breeds of the Asiatic Highlands and China 

 IX. Fat-tailed and Long-tailed Sheep . 



X. Fat-rumped Sheep 



XI. Some Peculiar African Breeds 

 XII. The Diffusion of Domesticated Sheep . 



XIII. Typical Wild Sheep of Asia and America 



XIV. Aberrant Wild Sheep .... 

 XV. Some Extinct Sheep 



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