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sold at Stronmess (Old Stat. Ace, xvi., p. -i-tS). At the end of the 

 last century they abounded in Colonsay (o}). cit., XII., p. 329), and 

 early in the present they were introduced into Midi, where they 

 are now very plentiful. Professor Duns says that they have not 

 thriven in the Lews, but the contrary is the case in almost all 

 the other Western Islands. 



II. FOSSIL AND EXTINCT SPECIES. 



Order I.: CARNIVORA. 

 Family: CANIDAE. 



1, Canis lupus, Linnaeus. 



Wolf. 



Gael., Faol, Mhadadh-alluidh {lit., savage hound), Lub, A 11a- 

 madadh, Mactire (lit. earth's son). 



Of extinct Scottish Mammals the Wolf comes first in systematic 

 order, but last in date of extirpation. My friend, Mr. J. E. 

 Harting, has recently discussed the history of "The Extinct 

 British Wolf" (Pop. Science Review, 1878, pp. 53-61, 141-154, 251- 

 266, 396-406), and I must here confine myself to the most 

 important records of its existence in Scotland. The oldest evidence 

 is afforded by the semi-fossil skulls which have been found in marl 

 in Forfarshire (Lyell, Princ. of Geol., II., p. 536) and elsewhere, 

 and the roll is carried on by popular tradition and by allusions in 

 the older chronicles and charters. In 1427 James I. passed an 

 act which contained a chapter "of Wolf-birdis," whereby the 

 Barons of the realm were ordered to " chaise and seik the quhelpis 

 of the wolfis and gar slay thame." " Ilk man not rysand with 

 the Barrone " was fined a wedder, but the nobles appear to have 

 wished to keep the sport to themselves, for it was further ordained 

 " that na man seik the wolf with schot, bot allanerlie in the tymes 

 of hunting of thame." Twenty years later, an Act of James II. 

 removed this latter restriction, placing the affair in the hands of 

 " the Scherif or the Baillies " of each county, and directing that 

 " he that slayeis ane wolf in ony time " is to receive a penny from 

 each householder in the parish. Wolves were included in the 

 game lists of the great hunting parties at which the successive 



