12 MAMMALIA. 



the wild stock which formerly inhabited the surrounding 

 districts. A deed of agreement between the Countess 

 dowager of Pembroke and the Countess of Cork, dated 

 May 20, 1654, shows the probable date at which the deer 

 of Wharfedale were walled in at Barden and Bolton. 



57. Cervus dama L. Fallow Deer. 



Domesticated, only in parks. 



58. Capreolus capraea Gray. Roe Deer. 



Domesticated, in a few parks only. Formerly inhabited the 

 county in a wild state. In the time of Edward III. they 

 were numerous in the forest of Pickering, and in 1340 

 were the subject of a prosecution instituted by the Crown 

 against Henry de Percy, lord of the adjacent manor of 

 Semere. 



Bones have occurred in the Raygill cave, but only in very few 

 instances anywhere. 



Fam. BOVIDJE. 



59. Bos taurus Z. Wild White Cattle. 



Extinct. Two herds existed in Yorkshire till within recent 

 years — at Gisburn in Craven, and at Burton Constable in 

 Holderness, but in a state of semi-domestication. The 

 latter herd perished of distemper shortly before the close 

 of the last century. That at Gisburn Park continued to 

 exist till 1859, when the last bull was killed, the breed 

 having so degenerated from constant inter-breeding that it H 



was impossible to keep them longer. 



Order RODENTIA. 



Sub-order SIMPLIGIDENTATA. 



Section SCIUROMORPHA. 



Fam. SCIURIDiE. 



60. Sciurus vulgaris L. Squirrel. 



Generally distributed, and common in woods and plantations. 



