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the neck in the fashion which occurs as an occasional 

 abnormality in the mouflon (pi. i. fig. 2). This dif- 

 ference in the direction of the horns affords the 

 most ready means of distinguishing the various 

 races of the red sheep from the mouflon on the one 

 hand, and the urial on the other.^ Typically, that is 

 to say, in the Cyprian race, the horns have the 

 front outer angle much bevelled off, especially in old 

 age, but this character is less marked in the Persian 

 race. There is likewise scarcely any throat-ruff in 

 the winter coat of the former, although a moderate 

 one is developed in the latter. The ewes are horn- 

 less. 



The typical Cyprian red sheep, which inhabits 

 the Troodos range of Cyprus, is not larger than 

 the mouflon, standing a little over 26 inches at 

 the shoulder. The front outer angle of the horns 

 is completely rounded off in old rams (pi. xi. fig. 2) ; 

 and while there is no throat-ruff in the summer coat 

 {ibid.), a small dark-coloured one is developed in 

 winter (pi. xix. fig. 2). The general colour of the 

 summer coat is bright foxy red, with some sparse 

 whitish hairs on the sides of the back ; but the 

 muzzle, chin, and throat, the inside of the ears, the 

 under-parts, a streak on the buttocks, the inner 

 sides of the legs and the whole of the legs below 

 the knees and hocks are white. The white of the 



* When the horns of the mouflon have the abnormal curve, other 

 characters must be relied on. 



