112 AVHITE FOREST BREED. 



them troublesome and of little use ; they were there- 

 fore extermiiiiited in the year above mentioned."^" 



Aye find it recorded that the stock at Chillingham 

 was at one time left without a bull, from accident and 

 sterility. Fortunately one of the cows had a bull 

 calf, and the stock was preserved.'^ In color, they 

 are invariably white, ^^ or white^-" or pale cream color, ^* 

 or creamy white, ^^ or white and cream color. ^^ Their 

 horns are white tipped with black ; their muzzle 

 black^' or brown -.^^ their eyelashes black ;''3 their eyes 

 rimmed with black. ^^ Their ears inwardly and about 

 one third externally, red,^' reddish-brown,^^ or red 

 or brown. ^^ Their necks have rudimentaiy manes, ''^ 

 or oftentimes a mane from one and a half to two 

 inches long,"*^ or no manes but coarse hair.^^ Their 

 heads slender,^'' backs straight. Legs short ^^ and 

 slender, ^^ and the hoofs black. ^'' 



In 1675, as we have seen, they are described with 

 black ears.^' In 1770, according to Bewick, some 



30 The History of the City of Glasgow, etc., by James Denbolra. Glasgow, 

 179S. p. 252. 



31 Eai 1 of Tankerville, Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist. 1839, ii, 284. Nat. Lib. 

 Jardinc, iv, 207, note. 



22 Nat. Lib., .lardine, iv, 202, note. 

 33 Darwin, An. & PL., under Dom. i 107. 



M Iliiid'uarsh, An. & Mag. Kat. liist. 1W9, ii, 279. Dickinson, Jour. R. A. S. 

 o Eng. 1852, 249. 



■"' Ciipt. Davy, Milk Journal, Oct. 2, 1871, 225. 



s» Earl of Tankerville, Annals of N"at. Hist. 1839, ii, 277. 



3' Dickinson, Nat. Lib . Capt. Davy, op. cit. 



33 Low, Darwin, Earl of Tankerville, op cit, 



39 Low, Hindmarsh, op, cit, 



*" Hindmarsh, Darwin, op, cit, 



*i DickiHhon, Nat. Lib., op, cit. 



*2 Low, liarwin, op. cit. 



•3 Earl of Pankcrville, Annals of yat. Hist. 1839, ii, 277. 



** Lows .\nimals. p. 237, 



*^ Youatt and Martin on Cattle, p. 12. 



*« Earl of Tankerville, .\n. of Nat. Hist. 1839, ii, 277. 



« Earl of Tankerville, An. of .Nat. Hist. 18;i9, il. 284. 



" Karl of I ankerville. An. of Nat. Hist. 1839, il, 277. 



« .Nal. Lib., Jardine, iv, 2U2 note. 



» Darwin, An. & PI. under Dom. 1, 107. 



" Jour. li> A. B. 1852, xlii, 24J. 



