SHORT-TAILED EUROPEAN BREEDS 77 



Dr. Cabrera, of the Madrid Museum, informs 

 me that he can find no evidence at the present day 

 of the existence of this breed, and since it is not 

 mentioned in an article on Spanish sheep quoted 

 in the next chapter, it would appear to be extinct. 



Among short-tailed sheep Dr. Fitzinger^ in- 

 cluded the old Scottish dun-faced breed, which 

 really belongs, however, to the section with tails 

 of medium length, although it apparently presents 

 considerable resemblance to its old Spanish name- 

 sake." 



1 o/. «■/., p. 218. 



' See Low, Domesticated Animals oj the British Isles, 2nd ed., 

 p. 63. 



