236 THE SHEEP AND ITS COUSINS 



the west of Lake Tanganyika, by Mr. F. Torday, 

 by whom it was presented to the Museum in 1909. 

 This Baluba ram, as it appears to be called (pi. xvii. 

 fig. 2), evidently represents a local breed of maned 

 sheep. Its black horns curve forwards by the side 

 of the face in mouflon-fashion, and are thus quite 

 different from those of the long-legged sheep. The 

 height of this ram at the shoulder is about 24 inches. 



In a skull of an older ram of the Guinea breed 

 in the collection of the Museum (No. 58.5.4.24), 

 from the Zoological Society's Gardens, the horns 

 are considerably longer, forming one complete turn 

 of a spiral. 



The Angola representative of the maned breed 

 appears to be a cross between the typical maned 

 and the typical long-legged sheep, being inter- 

 mediate in point of size and appearance between 

 its two supposed parents. The colour is white 

 with large blotches of rufous, and, as a rule, a 

 large round black patch in the neighbourhood of 

 the eyes. 



In their native land, where they are known by 

 the name of coquo, these sheep, which are much 

 better proportioned than the long-legged breed, 

 are kept in enormous herds, and supply the natives 

 with milk, mutton, and leather. 



The Muana-coquo of the Angolanese is an 

 allied breed ranging from Angola to Senegambia, 

 and distinguished by the presence of wattles or tags 



