306 EXISTING SCOTCH HEEDS. 



twenty head averaged about £30, the highest price being 

 61 guineas. After this sale the herd was very select ; and 

 ■when it was dispersed at Tillyfoiir in 1878 it was much 

 admired, and brought an average of over £32. Since that 

 time Mr Wilken has been diligently collecting a fresh 

 herd, and has succeeded in gathering together a good many 

 descendants of his former stock, together with members of 

 other celebrated families. He now owns over ninety head. 

 There are in the herd specimens of such well-known 

 families as the Tillyfour Prides, the BaUindalloch Ericas, 

 the Tillyfour Daisys, the Kinnaird Fannys, the Montbletton 

 Mayflowers, the BaUindalloch Sybils, and the Kinnochtry 

 Favourites. At the head of the Prides may be placed 

 Pride of Aberdeen 7th 1777, bred at Tillyfour, now eleven 

 years old, a daughter of Pride of Aberdeen 581, and the 

 dam of Mr Auld's 270-guinea cow Pride of Aberdeen 9th 

 3253. Pride 7th was purchased cheaply at the Balquharn 

 dispersion, having then, it was supposed, ceased to breed ; 

 but in May last she gave birth to a fine heifer calf. The 

 seven-year-old Pride of Aberdeen 14th 3272 was acquired 

 from Mr Hamilton of Skene. Another branch of the Pride 

 family traces from Kismet 1946, and of it there are four 

 specimens in the herd. Of the BaUindalloch Erica family 

 Mr Wilken has two representatives — Waterside Erica, 

 bred by Mr Eobertson, Aberlour Mains, out of Editha 1737, 

 and after Souter Johnny 1615 ; and the bull Octavius 

 Eric 1797, bred by the Earl of Southesk, out. of Erica 8th 

 3550, and after Editor 1460. Vine 8th of the Daisy 

 family went from TUlyfour to Kendal, and was bought by 

 Mr Wilken from Eev" T. Staniforth, Storrs Hall, Winder- 

 mere. There are four of this strain in the herd. Mr 

 Wilken's chief family, prior to the dispersion, was the 

 Kinnaird Fanny. He has now secured several specimens 

 of it by purchase from gentlemen who bought the animals 

 at his sale in 1878. Of the Montbletton Mayflower family, 

 Mr WUken has the cow Lady WUfrid 3818, bred by the 



