MAMMALIA. PECORA. Ovis. iiy 
Horns above knotty, reclined on the back ; throat bearded. 
Inhabits inacccflible precipices of Kiimtfchatka. Arabia and 
Europe ; gregiiious, atlivo, wild; larger than the lalf; teats 
2 ; brings i — 2 kids. 
Head flrort, fnout thick, comprefTcd; f>'« fmall; horns 
fometlmes 3 feet long, rounded within, wrinkled, more arched 
than the preceding, blackirn-grey ; Zob/m flander; taillhort, 
naked benealh, black above and at the tip ; hair long, tawny 
or hoary, when young dirty-grey ; dorial li/ie black, with a 
large deep black fpot above and beneath the fore-knees which 
are elfe where white; Jkiii tender. , 
^‘‘ucajlra. Horns turned backwards and outwards, verging inwards at 
the tips, nightly triangular, knotty behind. 
Caucafan Goat. 
Inhabits the bare rocky fummits of mount Caucafus, near the 
rilb of the 7 ereJ and Cuban rivers; fize of the common goat, 
but broader and fhorter. 
Horns dark grey, of the male darker ; body above brownifli-grcy 
with a dark fpiial line, beneath whitifli ; extremities black ; 
hair cinereous at the bale, harfli, ftilT, intermixed with grey 
wool. 
40. OVIS. Horns hollow, wrinkled, turned 
backwards and outwards into a circu- 
lar or fpiral form : fore-teeth lower 8 : 
tifks o. 
Thefe are gentle, harmlefs and ufeful, fupplying food and ray- 
ment ; prefer open plains ; lels afllve ; light by butting each 
other with the head reclined ; threaten by ftamping the ground 
with the feet ; drink little ; females gravid 5 months, bring 
1 — 2, rarely 3 young. 
'^•'ies. Horns comprefl'ed, lunate. Sheep. 
1, Horns o ; tail and ferotum hanging as low as the knees. 
Herrnlejs S. 
2. Horned; taillhort; wool Ihort, coarfe. Black-faced S. 
2. Horns fpiral, lengthened outwards ; wool fine, plentiful. 
r ' o Spanijh S. 
4- Horns more than two. Many horned S. 
5" Hair inftead of wool, fhort. a 
6 . Ears pendulous ; dewlaps lax, hairy ; hind part of t e head 
prominent. ' Guinea S. 
7. Tail 
