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of a pair of hairy cylindrical tags or lappets on the 

 throat, the slender elongated limbs, the long hairy 

 tail which reaches below the hocks, and the rather 

 long shaggy coat, marked with blotches of black, 

 brown, or fawn on a glistening white ground. 

 Whereas the ears of the rams are completely 

 pendent, those of the ewes are stated to be in some 

 cases directed partly outwards. The rams alone 

 carry horns, which are of considerable length, and 

 directed almost immediately outwards ; these, when 

 fully developed, making about one complete turn. 

 Not infrequently the head, with the exception of 

 the muzzle, and fore-quarters are black, while the 

 remainder of the body is white ; but there is con- 

 siderable variation in this respect, and in some 

 cases the head is mainly white, with a large black 

 patch on each side enclosing the eye. In some 

 instances the throat-tags may be absent. 



One of the best-known representatives of the 

 group is the Fezzan long-legged sheep, the Ovis 

 longipes libyca of Fitzinger, of which the range 

 extends from Tripoli, Fezzan, and Tibbu through 

 Morocco and Algeria to Senegambia ; while in 

 Nubia and Sennar is found a half-bred strain, which 

 may extend into Abyssinia. In general appearance 

 the Fezzan sheep appears to resemble the Nigerian 

 breed, having a long rough coat, but it is distin- 

 guished by its inferior bodily size. The head, 



ears, and shanks of the legs are clothed with short, 



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