136 THE SHEEP AND ITS COUSINS 



the reader may consult a series of articles by Mr. P. 

 Moyano, published in Adas de la Sociedad Espanola 

 de Historia Naturale for the year 1900,^ from which 

 the following particulars are taken. 



Of these breeds the Iberian is a small self- 

 coloured sheep varying from white through grey 

 and fawn or tan to black. The rams carry horns ; 

 and both the legs and the wool are relatively short. 

 This breed is found in the mountain districts of both 

 Spain and Portugal. 



In the remaining breeds both sexes are hornless. 

 Of these the Manchega (pi. viii. fig. i) has long 

 limbs, short curly white wool, and a distinctly 

 Roman nose. The face is white, but the legs are 

 frequently mottled with tan. Ciudad Real, Albu- 

 cete, Toledo, Cuenca, and part of Mercia are the 

 chief districts in which this breed is reared. 



The Aragonese breed is also a white-faced and 

 long-legged sheep, in which the legs, like the fleece, 

 are wholly white ; the wool being short, moderately 

 fine, and rather curly. This breed is chiefly re- 

 stricted to the province of Saragossa, but it is also 

 found in Teruel, on the confines of Navarra. 



The third and last of these hornless breeds is 

 the churra (pi. viii. fig. 2), which is a long-wooUed 

 sheep, for the most part white, but in some instances 

 with black patches, especially round the eyes and in 

 the region of the muzzle. It is now to be found all 



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