THE SHEEP AND GOATS 
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In the Caucasus, both east and 
west, in the Pyrenees, and on the 
South Spanish sierras three fine wild 
goats, with some features not unlike 
the burhal sheep, are found. They 
are called TuR by the Caucasian 
mountaineers. The species found in 
the East Caucasus differs from that 
of the west of the range, and both 
from that of Spain. The East 
CAUCASIAN TUR is a massive, heavy 
animal, all brown in colour (except on 
the fronts of the legs, which are 
blackish), and with horns springing 
from each side of the skull like half- 
circles. The males are 38 inches high 
at the shoulder. The short beard and 
tail are blackish, and there is no white 
on the coat. The WEST CAUCASIAN 
TuR is much lighter in colour than 
that of the East Caucasus, and the 
horns point backwards, more likethose 
of the ibex, though set on the skull 
at a different angle. The SPANISH 
TUR has the belly and inner sides of 
the legs white, and. a blackish line 
along the flank, dividing the white 
from the brown; also a blackish chest, 
and some grey on the flank. 
In the Caucasus the tur are 
found on the high crags above the 
snow-line in summer, whence they 
descend at night to feed on patches 
of upland grass; but the main home 
of the tur by day is above the snow- 
line. The Spanish species modifies its 
habits according to the ground on 
which it lives. Mr. E. N. Buxton 
found it in dense scrub, while on the 
Andalusian sierras it frequents bare 
peaks 10,000 feet high. In Spain 
tur are sometimes seen in flocks of 
from 100 to 150 each. 
THE PERSIAN WILD GOAT 
The original of our domesticated 
goat is thought by some to be the 
PASANG, or PERSIAN WILD Goat. 
backwards, flattened laterally, and with knobs on the front edge at irregular intervals. 
WILD GOATS 
THE TUR 
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5 By permission of P. Thea Esq. 
FEMALE TOGGENBURG GOAT 
These goats are milk-goats par excellence ; they remain in profit for at least ten 
months in the year. Each goat produces on an average from rro to 120 gallons of 
milk during the year 
~~ By permission of P. Thomas, Esq. 
STUD TOGGENBURG GOAT 
This breed originally came from Switzerland, but is now well known in 
England. The animals are fine in bone, have a long, thin neck, with two tassel- 
like appendages 
It is a fine animal, with large scimitar-shaped horns, curving 
It is 
more slender in build than the tur, light brown in general colour, marked with a black line 
