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Hybrid Cow.— There is at present a hybrid cow among a herd at the home farm of Beaufort— a cross apparently between a deer and a cow. Except in the colour, which is black, the animal is identical in appearance with the one lately sold by Mr Maclean, VS., to the proprietor of Wombwell's Menagerie. Strange to say, both animals were bred in or near the same parish—Ardclach—and in many respects bear a similar history. Mr Lawson, manager at Beaufort, bought the cow last autumn among a herd of cattle, and it has since been seen and admired by many. The hybrid cow in Wombwell's menagerie was calved at Lochindorb, and was exhibited by Mr M'Donald, Blervie, at the Forres Christmas Cattle Show in 1868.