Compact, medium-sized animals. Coat colour predominantly brown, with light or dark brown patches; a very few individuals are completely white. Most animals are wattled. Ears are flat and leaf-like, medium-sized and drooping; ear length: 18.8 + 0.6 cm (15). Both sexes have small horns, curved upward and backward; horn length: 7.7 ± 0.15 cm (144). Tail is medium in length and curved upward; tail length: 16.7 ± 0.14 cm (153). Udder is small and round, with small teats placed laterally.

Under farm conditions, kidding percentage: (5): 89.3% (328). Litter size: singles: 91.5%; twins: 8.5%.

Large animals. Variable coat colour, predominantly black or brown with white spots of differing sizes. In a survey conducted by NDRI in the home tract of the breed, 92.6% animals were black and 7.4% brown. The coat is short and lustrous. The face line is convex, with typical Roman nose but not as prominent as in Jamnapari. Ears are long and flat, curled and drooping; ear length: 24.8 ± 0.65 cm (18). Both sexes have thick, medium-sized horns, carried horizontally with a slight twist directed backward and upward; horn length: 11.95 ± 0.76 cm (20). Tail is small and thin. The udder is large and well developed, with large conical teats.

kidding percentage (6): 176.4; litter size (6, 20): singles: 40.66%; twins: 52.6%; triplets: 6.52%, quadruplets: 0.22%(329

Small animals, with compact body. The orbital bone is quite prominent, so that eyes appear bulging. There is wide variation in coat colour, but white with small light brown patches is the most typical. Ears are short, tubular, almost double, with the slit opening in front, erect, directed upward and outward. Both sexes have twisted horns, medium in length and directed upward and backward; horn length: 11.17 ± 0.27 cm (99). Bucks have a large thick beard.

Under farm conditions, kidding percentage (27): 70.2 (322); litter size (11, 22, 27): singles: 49.64%; twins: 49.32%; triplets: 1.04%

Tall animals. Of animals surveyed, 73% were black and the rest were white, brown or spotted. Ears are medium long; ear length: 18.0 ± 0.10 cm (210). Most males (89.5%) are horned; females may be horned or polled, in almost equal proportions. Tail is medium long and thin; tail length: 16.6 ± 0.10 cm (210). The udder is small and round with small teats placed laterally.

In farm conditions (11): kidding percentage: 129.9%; litter size: singles: 70.5%; twins: 29.0%; triplets and others: 0.5%.

Medium-sized animals. Coat colour varies widely from completely white to completely black. 31% of the goats have long hair. Males and a small percentage of females (13%) are bearded. Both sexes have small, slightly twisted, horns, directed outward and upward. Ears are medium-sized, directed outward and downward; ear length: 16.20 ± 0.17 cm (129). Tail is small and thin; tail length: 13.16 ± 0.06 cm (129). Udder is small and round, with medium-sized teats.

Under farm conditions: age at first kidding (3, 5, 14): 609.9 ± 15.03 days (91); kidding interval (3, 5, 14): 286.6 ± 7.51 days(399); litter size (1, 3, 5, 6, 12, 14, 15, 16): singles: 50.5%; twins: 42.4%; triplets: 6.6%; quadruplets; 0.5%