THE MUSMON.

Tus Musmon, or Moufflon of Corsica,
still exists wild in the mountains of Cor-
sica and Sardinia: a similar species is also
scattered over European Turkey and some
of the islands of the Archipelago. They
are about the size of sheep, and breed with
the domestic races. The head is long,
with the muzzle shallow, the nose some-
what raised, and the forehead swollen ;
the horns of the male (the female is
without) are large, long, and triangular,
bending backward like a half circle,
around from the base to the tip, which is
ybtuse; the body is large and muscular,

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