Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . ark brown speci-mens such as Ewart describes in his flat-nosed varieties of the Celticpony, are also seen. The mane is bicolored, light on each side witha broad, black central .part, exactly as described by Ewart in thetypical Celtic; the tail is also only mixed with black. All thesepoints are fairly well shown in the photograph (pi. lxix, i). Thewinter coat, especially in the animals of the outer coast which often,particularly in former times, have to pass the winter in the openair without much shelter, is rather long wdth long forelock andbeard, and lo
Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . ark brown speci-mens such as Ewart describes in his flat-nosed varieties of the Celticpony, are also seen. The mane is bicolored, light on each side witha broad, black central .part, exactly as described by Ewart in thetypical Celtic; the tail is also only mixed with black. All thesepoints are fairly well shown in the photograph (pi. lxix, i). Thewinter coat, especially in the animals of the outer coast which often,particularly in former times, have to pass the winter in the openair without much shelter, is rather long wdth long forelock andbeard, and long hair at the base of the tail. The forehead is broadand the facial portion of the head short. The legs are rather slenderand the hoofs small. And last, but not least, the typical zwst Nor-z(.cgian pony lacks the hind chestnuts, the horny callosities on thehind legs, the main criterion of E. celticus! I examined a largenumber of farmers horses in the city of Bergen on the regular SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS CCLIECTIONS VOL. 48, PL. LXIX. Fig. 1.—NORWEGIAN FJORD HORSE, EQVUS CELTICUS, IN BERGEN
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