FAT-TAILED AND LONG-TAILED SHEEP i8i 



by a breed stated by Fitzinger to be the result of 

 crossing the Bokharan fat-tail with the Circassian 

 long-tailed sheep. These Anatolian sheep, as they 

 are frequently called, present a marked general 

 resemblance to the Bokharan breed, but are dis- 

 tinguished by the longer and somewhat narrower 

 tail, and especially by the shorter and much finer 

 fleece. The ears, too, are not only narrower and 

 less rounded, but stand out from the sides of the 

 head, instead of being completely pendent. The 

 colour ranges from white to black. This breed is 

 stated by Fitzinger to extend from the Levant into 

 parts of Syria, Mesopotamia, and Turkestan. 



In Europe the group is represented by the 

 so-called Macedonian fat-tailed sheep, stated by 

 Fitzinger to have nearly the same origin as the last, 

 being the result of a cross between the Bokharan 

 fat-tailed and the Colchian long-tailed breed. It 

 apparendy differs from the Levantine breed merely 

 by the more wavy character of the long and soft 

 wool. This breed, which was introduced at an 

 early date into Macedonia, and spread thence into 

 Sicily, southern and central Italy, Sardinia, and 

 Corsica, has been known for more than a couple of 

 centuries in the Syrmien province of eastern 

 Croatia, whence it extends into other parts of 

 Croatia, Dalmatia, and southern Hungary. This 

 stock was introduced by certain Illyrians, who 

 emigrated from Macedonia in the year 1690, taking 



