220 THE SHEEP AND ITS COUSINS 



of Africa, but likewise to Persia, the East Indies, 

 China, and even the West Indies, Guiana, and 

 some of the islands of the South Seas. 



The typical representative of the group is the 

 Guinea long-legged sheep, which occurs not only 

 in that country, but also in Damaraland and Nama- 

 qualand. Among the characteristics of this breed 

 may be mentioned the slight convexity of the fore- 

 head, which is separated from the highly vaulted 

 chaffron by a distinct depression, the approximation 

 of the eyes to the ears, the completely pendent 

 character of the latter, which are about equal to 

 half the length of the head, and the general pre- 

 sence of short, thick horns in the rams. From 

 the short and thick neck depends a distinct dew- 

 lap, but there are typically no lappets or tags, 

 and a long ruff is developed on the throat and 

 chest of adult rams. The tail, which has an 

 incipient tassel of long hairs at the tip, reaches 

 slightly below the hocks. Except on the throat, 

 the coat is short and smooth. There is much 

 individual variation in the matter of colour, but 

 the majority of these sheep appear to be either 

 piebald or skewbald, uniformly yellowish white, 

 reddish brown, greyish brown, or black examples 

 being less common. Very frequently the head is 

 white with a large black patch on each side, the 

 greater portion of the neck and the fore part of 

 the body black, and the hind-quarters white with 



