The historic ‘ quhit bulles ’ of Cumbernauld (Stirling) and Kincardine, mentioned
by Boece (1527), Bishop Leslie (1578), and Monipennie (1597), ^ they were not
entirely destroyed by the Regent Lennox in 1570 may have had some connection
with the Cadzow herd, whose origin is unknown. It is likely, however, that the
herds of Cadzow, Chillingham, Naworth, and Drumlanrig were all driven in from
the main body of semi-wild cattle roaming the great Caledonian Wood in the
time of Henry III.
Cally Deer P a r k , K i r k c u d b r i g h t s h i r e .— John McDiarmid, in describing1
Cally Park, speaks of the ‘ inclosures peopled with numerous flocks of red and fallow
deer, and a race of cattle that is nearly extinct. The wild or ancient kine of Scotland,
cream all over, save the nose and ears, which, in each specimen, are as black as jet.’
As regards the origin of the Cally herd Dr. Murray states2 that they came from
Hamilton, and infers that the introduction was recent. Mr. Robert Service tells
us8 that in 1846 most of the deer were sold, ‘ the Wild Cattle being disposed of at
the same time.’
C h a r t l e y P a r k , S t a f f o r d s h i r e .— The following list gives some account of
the numbers of this herd during recent years: *
Date Total Number of
Animals
Authority
April 1851 '48 E. P. Shirley.
1873 27 J. E. Harting.
July 1874 25 Rev. J. Storer.
18 77 20 A. H. Cocks, ‘ Zool;’ 1878, p. 276.
April 1890 40 T. A. Coward.
1891 70 Professor Wallace.
1892 39 J. Whitaker.
1893 43 Professor Wallace.
(Between 1884 and 1895 an increase of 43 took place; in one year
they numbered 53 head.)
50 J. Whitaker.
J. R. B. Masefield and J. Whitaker.
1903 13 J. R. B. Masefield.4
Finally these were reduced to eight animals when the Duke of Bedford purchased
them in 1905, and two h,ave since died.
1 Sketches from Nature, 1830, p. 353. * New Statistical Account, Girthon Parish, 1844, p. 298.
s Zoologist, December 1887, p. 449.
* Excellent accounts of this herd by Mr. J. R. B. Masefield . i l l be found in the Tram. North Staforishtrt M 'U Club,