190 ERRORS OF HERD BOOK. 



ported by Capt. Nye. In still another place, under 

 Fame 1153, we have an entirely different account. 

 Under Kate 1369 John o' Groat is said to be " im- 

 ported." Under Lady Geraldine 1416 this name 

 again appears. 



Another class of errors is when the same cow has 

 two calves at periods much closer together than 

 usual. For instance : Lady Mary 536 and Sir Colin 

 Jr. 68 were both calved by Heather Bell 86, the 

 one in March, the other in April, 1860. They are 

 recorded as half-sisters. 



Cornelia 35, Belle 256, Belle 899, Logan 45, were 

 all born from Heather Bell between April 8 and Feb- 

 ruary 14, 1862. 



Jessie 6th 497 and Dick 147 were also born of 

 different fathers, same mothers, and yet within five 

 days of each other. 



Suegat 363 and Flora 386 are hardly better off. 



Cowslip 2d, Lassie, and Cowslip 3d were all born 

 from the same mother but different fathers, in the 

 same year, 1864. 



Highland Lassie 2d and Daddy Auld were born 

 within a month of each other, but had the same 

 father. Peverel and Daisie afford another instance, 

 as well as Flora Temple and Rosa, Highland Mary 

 and Queen Mary (possibly twins), Lady Gowan and 

 Kilburn, and others. 



In truth, the errors in this Herd Book are too nu- 

 merous to mention. We do not think a half-dozen 

 pages can be selected from Volume III which shall 

 be entirely free from error. Opening at random, we 



