INDEX. 



383 



Somerford Park Herd, Some account of 

 the, 256 ; probably connected with 

 the Lyme Park and Chartley, 257 ; 

 Author's visit to in 1875, 258 ; a 

 pure white breed, 259 ; pure milking 

 qualities of the, 263 ; probable use of 

 diluted crosses in the, 264 ; antiquity 

 of the herd, ib. ; its probable origin, 

 265 ; interesting proof of the slight 

 variability in colour, 266. 



Stark, The name of, 324. 



Staunton Harold, Lord Ferrers' estate, 

 221. 



Stirling, Wild Bulls formerly kept for 

 royal sport at, 135. 



Suffield, Lord, his herd in Norfolk, 97. 



Sus scrofa, Genuine specimen of the, 

 239. 



Swart Money, 104. 



Swiss lake-dwelling district, The Urus 

 in the, 11, 186. 



Symson's " Large Account of Gallo- 

 way," 214. 



T. 



Tacitus on the Friesland Oxen, 33. 

 Tankerville, Earl of, 148, 156, 158, 



166, 180, 190, 196, 205. 

 Taylor, Mr.William, of Hendon Grange, 



155. 

 Teutonic tribes, their influence on 



Celtic civilisation, 6. 

 Thorpe, Mr., architect of Wollaton 



Hall, 269. 

 Transylvanian Ox, 43 et seq. 

 Turnbull legend, The, 127, 368. 

 "Twopenny," Bakewell's celebrated 



bull, 226. 

 Tyler's " Early History of Mankind," 



9. 



U. 



Urus (Bos primigenius), Origin of the, 

 4 et seq. ; not to be confused with 

 the bison, 9 ; objections to the 

 designation Bos primigenius, 10; dis- 

 tinct from the buffalo, ib. ; details 

 in ancient writers respecting the, 

 11 et seq. ; characteristics of the, 

 1 3 ; allusion in the Niebelungen Lied 

 to the, 14 ; apparent resemblance 

 between various domestic races of 

 White Cattle and the, 23 et seq. ; 

 not black, 24 ; in ancient Britain, 

 50 ; fossil remains in the Stone and 

 Bronze Ages of the, 52 et seq.; likely 



to survive longer in Scotland and 

 North of England, 54 ; other allu- 

 sions to the, 109, 121, 182, 186; of 

 the Hyrcinian Forest, 128 ; Boethius, 

 regarding the mane of the, 135 ; 

 discovery of bones in Scotland, 141 ; 

 colour of the, 266. 



V. 



Vale Royal, Herd at, 110. 



Varro upon the colour of the Italian 



Cattle, 19. 

 Virgil mentions certain White Cattle, 



20. 



W. 



Wales, Wild White Cattle of, 105 et 

 seq. 



Walsh, Captain, 226, 236. 



Welsh Laws, Notices of White Cattle in 

 ancient, 106. 



Whinburgh Park Farm, 305. 



Whitaker, Dr., Author of " History of 

 Craven," 279. 



White Cattle, Origin of British, 1 et 

 seq. ; unfounded prejudice against, 

 16; allied race of, ib. ; antiquity 

 and high appreciation of the colour, 

 18 ; of Clitumnus, 20 ; of Epirus, 23 ; 

 Charolais breed of, 30 ; Kaormaosd 

 breed of, 40 ; early notice of, 56 ; 

 their last home in Britain, 60 et 

 seq. ; forest breed of, 74 ; in parks, 

 76 et seq. ; Podolian race, 44 ; an- 

 cient domestic race of, in England 

 and Wales, 102 et seq.; no notice 

 of in monastic records, 103; in 

 Wales, and especially in Pembroke, 

 105 ; notices of in ancient Welsh 

 laws, 106 ; Maud de Brense's present 

 of to King John's queen, 107 ; 

 Author's remarks upon those of 

 Wales, 108 et seq. ; Lyrick Herd of, 

 114 ; traces of in Scottish local names, 

 117 ; in ancient Scotland, ib. ; allu- 

 sions to in Sir Walter Scott's works, 

 122 ; clearly distinguished from 

 Kyloe breed, 136; Chillingham Herd 

 of, 144 et seq. ; strongest tendency 

 to black in Southern herds, 276 ; 

 proofs of the influence of the wild 

 breed upon English domesticated 

 cattle, 319 ; existing Scottish herds 

 of, 338 ; Author's final observations 



