118 EXTINCT HERDS. 



son, St John's Wells ; 15, Diana, bred by the owner, sire 

 Monarch 44, dam Georgina; 16, Mary, bred by Mr 

 Wilson, Netherton of Clatt ; 17, Jenny Lind 27, bred 

 by Mr Pirie, Colithie ; 18, Georgina, bred by the owner ; 

 19, Amelia, breeder unknown; 20, Susan, bred by Mr 

 David Watt, Kintocher, sire Eory ; 21, Lola Montes 208, 

 sire Monarch 44, dam Queen Mother 348 ; 22, Young 

 Jean Ann 144, sire Monarch 44, dam Jean Ann 206 ; 

 23, May Eose, bred by the owner, sire first prize bull at 

 Eastern Forfarshire Agricultural Association's show, dam 

 Balwyllo ; 24, Fair Maid, bred by the owner, sire Monarch 

 44, dam Lady Scott ; 25, Sophia, bred by the owner, sire 

 Monarch 44, dam Georgina; 26, Young Mary, sire Mon- 

 arch 44, dam Mary ; 27, Annabella, bred by the late Mr 

 Walker, Wester Fintray. The bulls in the Tillyfour herd 

 in 1850 were Victor 46, bred by Mr M'Combie, sire Mon- 

 arch 44, dam Jean Ann 206 ; Angus 45, bred by Mr 

 Watson, Keillor, sire Second Jock (Old Jock 1), dam No. 

 1 at Mr Watson's sale (Old Favourite) ; and Victor 2nd 

 47, bred by Mr M'Combie, sire Monarch 44, dam Jean. 

 Ann 206. The bulls referred to, as most intimately con- 

 nected with the herd at the time, were Panmure 51, and 

 his son Monarch 44. In order to provide sufficient in- 

 formation to enable the reader to identify the cows and 

 bulls in the Tillyfour herd in 1850, we have filled in the 

 ' Herd Book ' numbers where possible. We have also 

 in most cases omitted Mr M'Combie's description of the 

 variety to which the animals belonged. His practice ap- 

 parently was to refer to animals bred in Forfarshire as 

 " Angus ; " to those bred in Aberdeenshire, and uncon- 

 nected with the Forfarshire stock, as " Aberdeen ; " and to 

 those bred by himself in which the " Angus " and " Aber- 

 deen " blood was mingled, as " Aberdeen and Angus." 



The strain with which Mr M'Combie's name is most 

 closely identified is that of the Ardovie Queens, and to 

 the members of this tribe we shall now particularly 



