WHITE CATTLE : AN INQUIRY INTO THEIR ORIGIN, ETC. 



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It has been pointed out that, both in our white park cattle 

 and the south Italian breed, the black and red points are probably 

 the character due to reversion to a primaeval race ; the pink, on 

 the other hand, being rather the perpetuation of albinism by 

 selection. We have now an existing domesticated white race in 

 the south of Italy, and an existing so-called wild white race in this 

 countrv. An osteolosjical examination of the two races has 

 been made by Professor Hughes, and he writes — " If we compare 

 the skeleton and skull, especially of the modern Italian bull, with 



Fig. 24. — Modern Italian Bull, with short upturned horns. British 



Museum. 



that of our Chiilingham bull, we shall find them to be almost 

 identical." In the British Museum there are skulls both of the 

 Chiliingham and Italian races (Figs. 23, 2-i), the former measuring 

 18 inches by 1\ inches, and the latter 23 inches by 8| inches. They 

 both have upturned horns, and the set of the horns on the head is 

 identical. A comparison of the skeletons also shows no essential 

 difference. Professor Hughes iop. cit.. p. 20), on this point, writes — 



