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on the throat, which led Fitzinger to believe that 

 it represented a cross between the ordinary maned 

 sheep and the wattled long-legged breed. There 

 is considerable variation in colour, but as a rule 

 the under-parts and upper portion of the legs are 

 pale yellowish fawn, as is also the head, with the 

 addition, however, of dark markings ; the mane 

 on the lower side of the neck consists of a mix- 

 ture of reddish yellow and grey hair, but on the 

 upper side is almost wholly grey ; the short-haired 

 portions of the limbs are dark yellowish brown 

 inclining to rufous, sometimes with light spots near 

 the hoofs ; and the tail is mainly a mixture of 

 yellowish fawn and white. Less commonly the 

 head, mane, limbs, and presumably the under-parts 

 are black or reddish brown and the remainder of 

 yellowish fawn or yellowish white. 



According to Fitzinger' the Senegal or Sene- 

 gambian maned sheep has been introduced into 

 the East Indies and China, where, as in its native 

 country, it was kept in his time in large flocks. 

 The first specimen brought to Europe seems to 

 have been one exhibited in Paris in the year 1774, 

 under the name of morvant de la Chine, which 

 came under the notice of the naturalist Buffon. 



Nearly allied to the Senegambian is the 

 Moroccan breed, which seems to be chiefly dis- 

 tinguished by the small size of the half-pendent 

 » op. ciU, p. 231. 



