[37] A translation appeared in three parts in the ‘Annals and Mag. of
Nat. Hist.,’ 2nd series, vol. iv., 1849.
[38] _See also_ Rütimeyer’s ‘Beiträge pal. Gesch. der Wiederkäuer
Basel,’ 1865, s. 54.
[39] Pictet ‘Paléontologie,’ tom. i. p. 365 (2nd edit.). With respect
to _B. trochoceros, see_ Rütimeyer ‘Zahmen Europ. Rindes,’ 1866, s.
26.
[40] W. Boyd Dawkins on the British Fossil Oxen, ‘Journal of the
Geolog. Soc.,’ Aug. 1867, p. 182. Also ‘Proc. Phil. Soc. of
Manchester,’ Nov. 14th, 1871, and ‘Cave Hunting,’ 1875, p. 27, 138.
[41] ‘British Pleistocene Mammalia,’ by W. B. Dawkins and W. A.
Sandford, 1866, p. 15.
[42] W. R. Wilde, ‘An Essay on the Animal Remains, etc. Royal Irish
Academy,’ 1860, p. 29. Also ‘Proc. of R. Irish Academy,’ 1858, p. 48.
[43] ‘Lecture: Royal Institution of G. Britain,’ May 2nd, 1856, p. 4.
‘British Fossil Mammals,’ p. 513.
[44] Nilsson, in ‘Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist.,’ 1849, vol. iv. p.
354.
[45] _See_ W. R. Wilde, ut supra; and Mr. Blyth, in ‘Proc. Irish
Academy,’ March 5th, 1864.
[46] Laing’s ‘Tour in Norway,’ p. 110.
[47] Isid. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, ‘Hist. Nat. Gén.,’ tom. iii. 96.
[48] Idem, tom. iii. pp. 82, 91.
[49] ‘Quadrupèdes du Paraguay,’ tom. ii. p. 360.
[50] Walther ‘Das Rindvieh,’ 1817, s. 30.
[51] I am much indebted to the present Earl of Tankerville for
information about his wild cattle; and for the skull which was sent to
Prof. Rütimeyer. The fullest account of the Chillingham cattle is
given by Mr. Hindmarsh, together with a letter by the late Lord
Tankerville, in ‘Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist.,’ vol. ii., 1839, p.
274. _See_ Bewick, ‘Quadrupeds,’ 2nd edit., 1791, p. 35, note. With
respect to those of the Duke of Queensberry, _see_ Pennant’s ‘Tour in
Scotland,’ p. 109. For those of Chartley, _see_ Low’s ‘Domesticated
Animals of Britain,’ 1845, p. 238. For those of Gisburne, _see_ Bewick
‘Quadrupeds,’ and ‘Encyclop. of Rural Sports,’ p. 101.
[52] Boethius was born in 1470; ‘Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist.,’ vol.
ii., 1839, p. 281; and vol. iv., 1849, p. 424.
[53] n’Youatt on Cattle,’ 1834, p. 48: _See also_ p. 242, on
short-horn cattle. Bell, in his ‘British Quadrupeds,’ p. 423, states
that, after long attending to the subject, he has found that white
cattle invariably have coloured ears.ote
[54] Azara, ‘Quadrupèdes du Paraguay,’ tom. ii. p. 361. Azara quotes
Buffon for the feral cattle of Africa. For Texas _ see_ ‘Times,’ Feb.
18th, 1846.
[55] Anson’s Voyage. _See_ Kerr and Porter’s ‘Collection,’ vol. xii.
p. 103.
[56] _See also_ Mr. Mackinnon’s pamphlet on the Falkland Islands, p.
24.
[57] ‘The Age of the Ox, Sheep, Pig,’ etc., by Prof. James Simonds,
published by order of the Royal Agricult. Soc.
[58] ‘Ann. Agricult. France,’ April, 1837, as quoted in ‘The
Veterinary,’ vol. xii. p. 725. I quote Tessier’s observations from
‘Youatt on Cattle,’ p. 527.
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