. A history of British quadrupeds, including the Cetacea. Mammals. 368 RUMINANTIA. BOVID^. BOVID^. vdll/^SA. Genus Bos (LiniiEeus). Generic Character.—Horns hollow, persistent, growing on a bony core, conical and curved. Body tliick and heavy. Tail long, terminated by a tuft of lonff hair. Teats four. WILD WHITE CATTLE. Bos taurus (Linn.). Var. Scoticus. Character of Variety.—Colour white, the ears tipped either with red or black; forehead flat, occipital ridge straight; horns moderate, lyrate, white with black tips. Bos taurus, LiNNiEus, Syst. Nat. I. 98. Urtis scoticus, Ham. Smith, in Griffi
. A history of British quadrupeds, including the Cetacea. Mammals. 368 RUMINANTIA. BOVID^. BOVID^. vdll/^SA. Genus Bos (LiniiEeus). Generic Character.—Horns hollow, persistent, growing on a bony core, conical and curved. Body tliick and heavy. Tail long, terminated by a tuft of lonff hair. Teats four. WILD WHITE CATTLE. Bos taurus (Linn.). Var. Scoticus. Character of Variety.—Colour white, the ears tipped either with red or black; forehead flat, occipital ridge straight; horns moderate, lyrate, white with black tips. Bos taurus, LiNNiEus, Syst. Nat. I. 98. Urtis scoticus, Ham. Smith, in Griffith's An. Kingd. IV. 411. Bos scoticus, SwAiNSON, Quad. 2S5. That the White Cattle, preserved in a half-wild state in a few parks in Scotland and England, are identical in species with our domestic Oxen is now universally. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bell, Thomas, 1792-1880; Tomes, Robert F; Alston, Edward Richard, 1845-1881. London, J. Van Voorst
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