﻿OF 
  THE 
  MORAY 
  FIRTH 
  AREA. 
  

  

  283 
  

  

  p. 
  344). 
  Vertebrae 
  from 
  Wester 
  Alves 
  are 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  Elgin 
  

   Museum. 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  A. 
  Smith 
  records 
  bones 
  attributable 
  to 
  this 
  ox 
  

   as 
  having 
  been 
  found 
  by 
  the 
  Rev. 
  Dr. 
  Joass 
  in 
  the 
  Broch 
  at 
  Kin- 
  

   tradwell 
  in 
  1864 
  (66, 
  p. 
  665). 
  

  

  Var. 
  longifrons, 
  Owen. 
  Small 
  extinct 
  British 
  Ox. 
  

  

  Frontal 
  portion 
  of 
  skull, 
  with 
  horn 
  core, 
  found 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Joass 
  at 
  the 
  

   Morbhaich 
  Mor, 
  and 
  recorded 
  by 
  Dr 
  J. 
  A. 
  Smith 
  (66, 
  p 
  631). 
  

  

  Order 
  RODENTIA. 
  

   Sub-order 
  SIMPLICIDENTATA. 
  

   Family 
  CASTORID.E. 
  

  

  Castor 
  fiber, 
  Linn. 
  Beaver. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  Beaver, 
  the 
  Rev. 
  Dr. 
  Gordon 
  (68, 
  p. 
  17) 
  relates 
  that 
  1 
  the 
  

   remains 
  of 
  this 
  ancient 
  denizen 
  of 
  Scotland 
  were 
  detected 
  by 
  

   Professor 
  M'Gillivray 
  in 
  a 
  parcel 
  of 
  bones 
  sent 
  to 
  him 
  by 
  Admiral 
  

   Duff 
  of 
  Drummuir 
  from 
  a 
  small 
  cave 
  opened 
  in 
  a 
  sandstone 
  quarry 
  

   on 
  his 
  property 
  of 
  Hopeman, 
  and 
  close 
  by 
  the 
  southern 
  shore 
  of 
  

   the 
  Moray 
  Firth, 
  and 
  little 
  raised 
  above 
  high-water 
  mark.' 
  

  

  Order 
  CARNIVORA. 
  

   Family 
  CANID^. 
  

   Genus 
  CANIS. 
  

  

  Canis 
  lupus, 
  Linn. 
  Wolf. 
  

  

  No 
  bones 
  of 
  the 
  Wolf 
  have, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  know, 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  this 
  

   region, 
  but 
  there 
  can 
  be 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  in 
  former 
  times 
  an 
  

   inhabitant 
  of 
  this 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  of 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  Great 
  Britain. 
  

   Traditions 
  regarding 
  the 
  killing 
  of 
  wolves 
  in 
  the 
  Moray 
  Firth 
  area 
  

   are 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  volume 
  of 
  Stuart's 
  Lays 
  of 
  the 
  Deer 
  

   Forests, 
  p. 
  245, 
  and 
  Dick 
  Lauder's 
  Great 
  Floods, 
  p. 
  22. 
  In 
  the 
  last- 
  

   named 
  work 
  the 
  author 
  says, 
  in 
  a 
  footnote 
  on 
  the 
  page 
  quoted, 
  

   1 
  Wolves 
  are 
  believed 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  extirpated 
  in 
  Scotland 
  about 
  

   the 
  year 
  1680, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  reason 
  to 
  suppose 
  that 
  they 
  partially 
  

   existed 
  in 
  remote 
  districts 
  considerably 
  after 
  that 
  period.' 
  

  

  