110 WHITE FOREST BREED. 



black, the whole of the inside of the ear, and about 

 one third of the outside, from the tip downward, 

 red. The horns are very fine, white with black tips ; 

 and the head and legs are slender and elegant. ^^ The 

 Earl of Tankerville, the proprietor of Chillingham 

 Park, describes them in 1839. In form they are 

 beautifully shaped, with short legs, straight back, 

 horns of a very fine texture, as also their skin, so 

 that some of the bulls appear of a cream color. ^^ lu 

 1845 Low says that the eyelashes and tips of the 

 horns are black, the muzzle brown, the inside and a 

 portion of tiie external parts of the ears are reddish- 

 brown, and all the rest of the animal white. The 

 bulls have merely the I'udiments of manes, consisting 

 of a ridge of coarse hair upon the neck.^^ In 1852 

 William Dickinson says that their bodies are pale 

 cream color, the ear-tips red, and the muzzle black. ^^ 

 In 1868 Darwin describes them as white, with the 

 inside of the ears reddish-brown, eyes rimmed with 

 black, muzzle brown, hoofs black, and horns white 

 tipped with black.^^ Youatt mentions the existence 

 of a mane on some of the bulls, one and one half or 

 two inches in length.*'^ 



As a wild race we hear of their occurrence at rare 

 intervals. In the time of Edward the Confessor 

 (1042) we are told by one of the abbots of St. Al- 

 bans that wild bulls abounded near London j*^^ and 

 Fitz-Stephen, writing about 1174, speaks likewise 

 of their occurrence in these woods. ^° In 17G0 wild 



i» Naturalists' Lib. Jardine. iv, 202. » An. & 11. under Dom. 107. 



'» An.& Mi.gr. of .Sat. Ilist.l839,ii, 2n. " Youalt & Martin on Cattli', 12. 



21 Low's ADimiils, 237. ^r. ,/\n.&-Mng. .N'nt. Hist. Ist sur.iii, 356. 



K Jour. 14. A. S. 1852, xiii, 249. » An. & Mag. Kat. Uist. 1819, iv, 423. 



