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THE ZOOLOGIST. 



these notes ; and Arden and others, who had known the breed 

 for many years, were not a little surprised when the old cow 

 appeared on the moor with the little black creature at her heels. 

 The further use of the Chartley sire was consequently looked 

 upon with disfavour. 



I am indebted to Mr. Legh for permission to make measure- 

 ments and photographs of the skulls, horns, and stuffed head at 

 the Hall, and I have also been able to examine a stuffed head in 

 the possession of Mrs. John Legh, of Hall Barns. 



Two skulls are preserved, the horn-sheaths being.attached in 

 each case. One, belonging to an old cow, was exhibited at Owen's 

 College, at the Manchester meeting of the British Association in 

 1887 ; it has a very convex forehead, and is considered by 

 Mr. Storer to resemble closely the skull of the Urus, especially 

 in the way in which the horns are set on.* The other skull, 

 belonging to the old cow shot in the winter of 1883-4, is narrower, 

 and has comparatively a much longer face, with concave depres- 

 sions on either side of the forehead, and a prominence in the 

 centre. The horns in this skull are of the drooping, long-horn 

 character, and exhibit the curious influence of the Gisburne 

 cross. t (See woodcut, p. 85.) 



Measukements (in inches) of Skulls. 





ength, from supra 

 occipital ridge to 

 pre-maxillary. 



CO 

 CO 



a> o 

 a> o 



£g 



CD g 



•*£ 



Width between 

 orbits. 



O 



CO 

 CO to 



§ 2 

 £ o 



b 



a 



o 



* 6 



o s 



+3 o 

 bO 



a 



CO 



a 



O 



o 





h3 



p 







i3 





No. 1 (figured). 



19-6 



8-25 



8-0 



9-2 



16-8 



30-3 



No. 2 ... 



19-9 



7-2 



6-5 



6-8 



17'8 



10-8 



There are three pairs of horns, one resembling those of the 

 older skull (No. 1), and showing the form of horn prior to the 

 Gisburne cross (see woodcut, p. 84) ; the second is distinctly of 

 the long-horn type ; and the]third exhibits a very erratic character, 



* Storer, op, oit, t p. 253. f Storer, op. ciL, p. 251. 





