SHEEP 



A. Wool long, coarse. 



B. Homed, face covered with hair, black or black and white, nostrils 



black, fleece white Black Faced Hyland 



BB. PoUed. 



C. Forehead covered with short white hair, fleece in fine spiral locks, 



nose often Roman, black skin at mtizzle Leicester 



CC. Forehead with woolly fore top. 



D, Heavy foretop, face white, Roman nose Cotswold 



DD. Medium foretop. 



E. Long wool, face white to darker Lincoln 



EE. Nearly medium wool, head and legs white Kent 



AA. Wool meditim. 



B, Rtimp extremely ftill, head covered with tawny or yellowish-brown 

 color, tail broad and flat Tunis 



BB. Rtimp not extremely full. 

 C. Face white. 



D. Homed in both sexes. Nostrils white, face straight, fore 



legs and hoof white Dorset Horn 



DD. Hornless; nostrils black; face straight and covered to be- 

 hind the ears with hard white short hair, (PL H, Fig. 9). 



Cheviot 



CC. Face dark. 



D. Head and face not woolly, polled; head, ears and legs black 



Suffolk 



DD. Face slightly woolly, polled, head and legs dark brown to 

 black; ears heavy, slightly drooping, large, dark mouse- 

 color behind Hampshire 



DDD. Face woolly. 



E, Face woolly to muzzle, which shows dark to blackish 

 brown, as do legs and ears, polled. (PL H, Fig. 8) . . . 



Shropshire 



EE . Face not woolly to muzzle. 



F. Face, ears and legs showing dark brown ; loose fore- 

 top; ears long thin; free from wool . . . .Oxford Down 

 FF. Face, ears and legs showing gray or light mouse- 

 color; forehead woolly, polled, ears wooly, low 



chunky breed , Southdown 



AAA. Wool fine, 



B. Fleece many folds, fine, oily, face white and woolly, ears small 



American Merino 



BB. Fleece in few folds about neck. 



C. Horns small or wanting (as rule) . . , .Delaine Merino 



CC, Horns in male large (or hornless) (largest of group; wool 



coarser than Merino) ...., .. .. ..Rambouillet 



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