MAMMALTA. PECORA. Sheep. 327 



■wrinkled, turned backwards into a comprefied, fpiral, fcrew-like twift, which comes down to the iides 

 ■of the head, taking feveral turns, and becoming large on old Rams ; they are angular, having longi- 

 tudinal ridges, and the ends are fmoothed, and turned outwards ; fometimes they are wanting, and 

 the females have always much fmaller and lefs twifted horns than the males ; the eyes are ufually 

 bluifh, and have a confiderable wildnefs, with an oblong pupil, and having a deep gutter before the 

 inner canthus or corner, into which a glutinous matter is fecreted ; the tail is moftly round, and 

 fhorter than in the former variety ; the colour of the fleece is moftly white, fometimes black, dark 

 brown, or fpotted, and the face is almoft always covered with fhort hair of a black, dark brown, or 

 grey colour. The mutton of this kind is much efteemed, but the wool is comparatively of little va- 

 lue, ferving only for coarfe manufactures ; they are very agile, and exceedingly fhy. This breed is 

 found in greateft perfeclion on the hills of Tweeddale in Scotland. 



:o <J\ Spanifh Sheep. — 1. y. 0. Aries hifpanica. 



The horns are twifted into a fpiral which is lengthened outwards j the wool is very fine 

 and plentiful. 

 Ovis hifpanica. Amoen. ac. iv. 174. 



This is the common fheep of Spain, fo famous for the finenefs of the wool, that even the Britifli 

 woollen manufactures require a very confiderable annual fupply, to mix with home wool, for the 

 Jineft broad cloths, and other fine fabrics. 



721 s. Many-horned Sheep. — 1. \. 0. Aries poly cer at a. 

 Has more than two horns. Amoen. ac. iv. 174. 



Ovis gotlandica. Pall. fp. zool. xi. t. 4. f. 1. c. f. 2. b. t. 3. f. 5. — Ovis fexcornis, et Ovis tricor- 

 nis. Aldrov. bifulc. 397. — Iceland Sheep. Sm. Buff - , iii. 484. vi. t. clxx. clxxi. Penn. hift. of quad, 

 n. 11. D. pi. 3. f. 3. — Many horned Sheep. D°. n. 11. E. t. 3. f. 2. Zimmerman. 127. 128. 

 Grew, rar.-t. 2. Lev. muf. Weir's muf. 



The many-horned fheep are common in Iceland, and other parts of the north, in Siberia, and 

 among the Tartars near the river Jenifei, and other parts of Tartary. — Thefe can hardly be faid to 

 form a diftinct variety, for in the fame flocks, in which individual rams with three, four, five, or 

 even fix horns are found, others have only the ufual pair ; in general one, when there are three, or 

 two horns, when there are four or more, ftand erecT:, and the outer horns have the common femi- 

 lunar or fpiral turn: On one of the varieties of this kind, engraved in Mr Pennant's Hiftory of Qua- 

 drupeds, the lower part and fides of the neck were covered with long ftraight yellowifh hairs, four- 

 teen inches in length : This animal was brought from Spain, was very mifchievous, and fond of but- 

 ting ; but its country is uncertain. 



722 £• African Sheep. — 1. z, 0. Aries qfricana, 



Is clothed with fhort hair inftead of wool. 



Ovis africana. Amoen. ac. iv. 173, Raj. quad. 75. Sloan, jam. ii. 328.— Aries pilofus. BrifH 

 regn. an. 76. n. 4. — Ovis aethiopica. Charlet. exerc. 9, 



Inhabits Africa. 



