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WILD WHITE CATTLE. 



English skull of this animal, which, in The Field 

 of April 1 8, 1868, illustrated some remarks on its 

 discovery from the pen of Mr. W. B. Tegetmeier. 

 This specimen was found in the bed of the Kibble, 

 below Preston, Lancashire, in the spring of 1867, and 

 passed into the possession of Mr. James Dobson of 

 the Preston Chronicle, who kindly forwarded it for 

 examination. 



SKULL OF BOS PRIMIGEX1US, ril'E.SHIUE. 



Iii these and other instances which have been- 

 recorded, the animals whose remains were found were, 

 in all probability, wild, and not domesticated. In- 

 deed, no discoveries have yet been made which lead 

 to the supposition that the Urus was domesticated in 

 Britain in pre-historic times ; while Bos longifrons, 

 the " Celtic short-horn," as it has been termed, was 



