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cattle-breeder’s skill, seems to me to constitute its chief claim to 
the attention of zoologists. Artists should bear this in mind when 
representing it. That it has any peculiar claim to be descended 
from Bos primigenius | fail to perceive, and should rather point to 
domesticated Bos longifrons as its immediate ancestor. Bos primi- 
genius bears in its turn the same relationship to the older (but still 
post-tertiary) Bos giganteus, which the contemporary and still 
existent Bison europeus bears to the older Bos priscus.” This 
view, it will be seen, differs somewhat from that of Prof. Riitemeyer, 
whose opinion, if we mistake not, was based on a skull or skulls of 
the Chillingham breed presented to him by the Earl of Tanker- 
ville.—Ep.] 
Chartley.—On June 29th, 1877, we walked up to the cattle 
in Chartley Park, Staffordshire (the seat of Earl Ferrers), and 
after they had once or twice moved away from us a short 
distance, keeping in single file, they allowed us to come up 
within ten or twelve yards of them without showing the slightest _ 
further symptom of shyness. ‘There were sixteen animals together, 
and one sickly cow which kept by herself a few yards from the 
herd, making a total, inclusive of a bull, cow and young calf we 
had previously seen in the distance in another part of the park, 
of twenty head. They stand about as high as the Jersey breed, 
the bulls looking almost bison-like in shape, with very thick, 
solid fore-quarters, and very light and “tucked up” about the 
back ribs. The udder of the cows is very small, inclining for: 
wards, reminding one of a sheep’s.* The teats are black or 
blackish. The black on the nose extends a little (about an 
inch) beyond the naked part; some have a very little on the 
lower lip. Several have their fore-legs half way up to the knee 
lightly dotted with small black spots. The whole of the inside 
of their ears and about half of the outside, coal-black. The pro- 
portion of black on the outside varies a little. Young calves are 
of a bright white, older animals rather duller, while the old bulls, 
bullock, &c., are dirty white, or cream-colour; but this latter is 
perhaps the colour of their skin, showing through their extremely 
thin coats. The herd is made up somewhat as follows :—One nine- 
* This is also the case with the cows of the European Bison—Ep, 
