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August 25th Athenæum (1838) p. 611. Ld Tankerville account of wild cattle of Chillingham— habits peculiar—young one 203 days old butted violently & fell.— gore to death the old & wounded,— are bad breeders & subject to the rush as all animals which breed, in & in are

[insertion:] Ch 3 see Annals. vol. 2. 1839—

— colour white, uniform — crafty, go in file, hide their young, bold.— Mr W Hall remarked that it was against all rules their preserving character & breeding in & in— Nonsense a flock of more than 100.— Agrees, nearly with the account given by Boethius of ancient Caledonian Cattle. Instinct

[Natural selection, p. 37: "Again the case of the half-wild cattle in Chillingham/4/which have gone on interbreeding for the last 400 or 500 years3 seems a strong case; but Lord Tankerville, the owner, expressly states that 'they are bad breeders'.4 Those in the Duke of Hamilton's Park, are believed to have degenerated in size; I am informed by Mr. D. Gairdner that the stock kept, in the park of 200 acres, varies from 65 to 80, & that only about 8 or 10 are yearly killed, which seems to show no great fertility.

3 Culley on Live Stock [Introd. pp. x–xi.

4 British Association Zoolog Sect. 1888"]

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half bred liable to vary. I asked this in many ways, but received same answer.— Though lambs were more like father than mother— The cross not so hardy as Black faced, but more tendency to fatten— This man confirmed my account of the Shepherd dogs.—

Aug 24th Was struck with pink shade on plumage of the Pelican.— Mem pink spots on Albatross, on some Gulls. Flamingo— (Spoonbill Wader. Ibis)— laws of plumage might possibly be made out.—