APPENDIX. 415 



umes, and Howard's third volume ; " while in references 

 to the "American Devon Herd-Book" the figures are 

 not inclosed in parentheses. 



This complication in the numbers designating re- 

 corded animals arises from the simultaneous publication, 

 in England and America, of a third volume of pedigrees, 

 the numbers in each being a continuation of the num- 

 bers in the first and second volumes of the " English 

 Herd-Book." There are therefore two so-called third 

 volumes of the " Devon Herd-Book," one English, a con- 

 tinuation of Davy's original series, and the other Ameri- 

 can, known as Howard's third volume. 



After the publication of the latter an "Association 

 of Breeders " started an American " Devon Herd-Book," 

 in which American pedigrees are now recorded. 



Ayrshire form of record : 



" 668 NETTIE. 



Light red with a little white ; calved May 13, 1863 ; 

 bred by Henry H. Peters, Sotrthboro, Mass. ; owned by 

 Prof. Manly Miles, Lansing, Mich* 



Sire, Eglinton, 21. Dam, Ruth, 193." 

 (American " Ayrshire Herd-Book," vol. ii., p. 102.) 

 The sire and dam only are given here, and reference 

 to the record under their numbers is necessary to extend 

 the pedigree. 



There are now three " Ayrshire Herd-Books " pub- 

 lished in America ; but we need not give examples of 

 pedigrees from all of them, as the system of recording 

 is essentially the same, the cows as well as the bulb 

 having a distinguishing number. 



The pedigrees in the record of the "American Jersey 

 Cattle Club " are published in tabular form ; the sire 



