16 



GREAT GAME ANIMALS. 



are exhibited in the North Hall. All the white Park Cattle have 

 black or red ears, which is itself an indication of their derivation 

 from a dark-coloured breed ; and it is noteworthy that there is 

 a white breed of Pembroke Cattle with black feet, muzzles, and 

 ears, which is practically identical with the Chillingham Park 

 cattle. 



The black Spanish Fighting Bulls, of which a specimen 

 (presented by Mr. E. F. Johnston in 1902) is exhibited, are 

 probably also nearly related to the Aurochs, and show a similar 

 pale-coloured stripe down the back. It has likewise been suggested 

 that the fawn and white Siemental Cattle of Switzerland, a 

 miniature model of a bull of which is shown, are near akin to the 

 ancient Wild Ox. 



The Ankole Cattle of Uganda, characterised by the enormous 

 size of the horns, as shown in a mounted head and a skull 

 presented by Lt.-Col. Delme Radcliffe, appear to be allied to the 

 ancient Egyptian breed, of which skulls (from tombs) are also 

 exhibited. To this breed the name Bus agyptiacus has been given, 

 as it appears to be markedly distinct from the Aurochs group, 

 u „j n„-„ The ordinary Cattle of India, as well as those from 



Humped Oxen. 3 c ^ \ . 



many parts ot Aiiica, Madagascar, and China, 

 Bos indicilS. djff er from European breeds by the presence of a 

 fleshy hump on the shoulders, the convexity (in place of concavity) 

 of the first curve of the horns, and the presence of a white ring 

 round the eyes and another round each fetlock. The colouring, 

 Hall*] 1 t00 ' * s °^ a different type, while the voice and habits are also 

 distinct from those of European Cattle. Humped Cattle, or Zebu, 

 belong indeed to a separate species (Bos indicus), the wild ancestor 

 of which is extinct and unknown. A Brahmini or Zebu bull is 

 exhibited in the North Hall, where horns of the Galla breed of 

 Humped Cattle, characterised by the immense size of these appen- 

 dages, are also shown. Not im probably the fawn-coloured Spanish 

 Draught Cattle — of which two heads belonging to animals formerly 

 kept at Osborne, and presented by His Majesty the King in 1902, 

 are exhibited — have a strain of Zebu blood. The evidence for 

 this is afforded by the form and curvature of the horns, and the 

 presence of indistinct white rings round the eyes. Tradition also 

 points to the existence of such a cross. 



