
WHITE CATTLE: AN INQUIRY INTO THEIR ORIGIN, ETC. 253 
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 primeval 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 
country. An osteological examination of the two races has 
been made by Professor Hughes, and he writes—‘“Ii we compare 
the skeleton and skull, especially of the modern Italian bull, with 

Fie. 24.—Modern Italian Bull, with short upturned horns. British 
Museum. 
that of our Chillingham bull, we shall find them to be almost 
identical.” In the British Museum there are skulls both of the 
Chillingham and Italian races (Figs. 23, 24), the former measuring 
18 inches by 7} 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 (op. cit., p. 20), on this point, writes— 
