BRITISH MAMMALS 



In Mr. Storer's Wild White Cattle of Great Britain^ pp. 156-157, 

 is given an interesting account of the habits of the ChilHngham herd 

 by the late Lord Tankerville, from which the following is quoted, " They 

 have, in the first place, pre-eminently all the characteristics of wild 

 animals, with some peculiarities that are sometimes very curious and 

 amusing. 



*' They hide their young and feed in the night, basking or sleeping 

 during the day. 



" They are fierce when pressed, but generally speaking very timorous, 

 moving off on the appearance of anyone even at a great distance ; 

 yet this varies very much in different seasons of the year, and according 

 to the manner in which they are approached. In summer I have been 

 for several weeks at a time without getting a sight of them — they, on the 

 slightest appearance of anyone, retiring into a wood which serves them 

 as a sanctuary. . . . 



" It is observable of them, as of red deer, that they have a peculiar 

 faculty of taking advantage of the irregularities of the ground, so that on 

 being disturbed they may traverse the whole park, and yet you hardly 

 get a sight of them." 



The ChilHngham Cattle have not always been distinguished by their 

 reddish-brown ears, as in 1692 the majority are said to have been black- 

 eared, and when Bewick wrote, a few of this type still existed. 



Cadzow Castle, Lanarkshire, owned by the Duke of Hamilton, has 

 another fine herd of White Cattle in the park including part of the 

 ancient Caledonian Forest. This forest was formerly used as a hunting 



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