Irish Academy,' 1858, p. 48.

[186] 'Lecture: Royal Institution of G. Britain,' May 2nd, 1856, p. 4.
'British Fossil Mammals,' p. 513.

[187] Nilsson, in 'Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist.,' 1849, vol. iv. p. 354.

[188] _See_ W. R. Wilde, ut supra; and Mr. Blyth, in 'Proc. Irish Academy,'
March 5th, 1864.

[189] Laing's 'Tour in Norway,' p. 110.

[190] Isid. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 'Hist. Nat. Gen.,' tom. iii. p. 96.

[191] Idem, tom. iii. pp. 82, 91.

[192] 'Quadrupedes du Paraguay,' tom. ii. p. 360.

[193] Walther, 'Das Rindvieh,' 1817, s. 30.

[194] 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. Ruetimeyer.
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 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's 'Quadrupeds, and Encyclop. of Rural Sports,' p. 101.

[195] Boethius was born in 1470; 'Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist.,' vol. ii.,
1839, p. 281; and vol. iv. 1849, p. 424.

[196] 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.

[197] Azara, 'Des Quadrupedes du Paraguay,' tom. ii. p. 361. Azara quotes
Buffon for the feral cattle of Africa. For Texas, _see_ 'Times,' Feb. 18th,
1846.

[198] Anson's Voyage. _See_ Kerr and Porter's 'Collection,' vol. xii. p.
103.

[199] _See_ also Mr. Mackinnon's pamphlet on the Falkland Islands, p. 24.

[200] 'The Age of the Ox, Sheep, Pig,' &c., by Prof. James Simonds,
published by order of the Royal Agricult. Soc.

[201] 'Ann. Agricult. France,' April 1897. as quoted in 'The Veterinary,'
vol. xii. p. 725. I quote Tessier's observations from Youatt on Cattle, p.
527.

[202] 'The Veterinary,' vol. viii. p. 681, and vol. x. p. 268. Low's
'Domest. Animals of Great Britain,' p. 297.

[203] Mr. Ogleby, in 'Proc. Zoolog. Soc.,' 1836, p. 138, and 1840, p. 4.

[204] Leguat's Voyage, quoted by Vasey in his 'Delineations of the
Ox-tribe,' p. 132.

[205] 'Travels in