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Show 1868.] DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE SUIDAE. 29 the nose to the angle of the jaw. Ears moderate, nakedish; fur with scattered bristles, maned. " Head without any warts." Skull (young)-the concavity in front of the orbit shallow behind, and only separated from the orbit by a slight ridge. Sus timorensis, S. Miiller, Verhand. i. 42, 173, 178, t. 31. f. 1-3 ; Gerrard, Cat. Bones, B. M . 278. Sus vittatus, (3, Wagner, Schreb. Saugeth. Suppl. iv. Sus scrofa, var., Giebel, Saugeth. 225. Sus, sp., from Dampier Straits, Sclater, List of Vert. Animals, Zool. Soc. ed. 3. 37. n. 235. Hab. Timor and Rottie. Like S. vittatus, but smaller. 1501 a. A skull of a young animal, very like the one figured by Miiller (Verhand. t. 32. f. 2, 3) ; it is marked "young female Babirussa," from Mr. Wallace's collection. It is certainly not a Babirussa, having six upper cutting-teeth and short intermaxillaries, but is more probably a young female of the preceding. It has the concavity in front of the orbit shallow, and only separated from the orbit by a narrow ridge. 1501 c. Skull with the last grinder being developed (on one side only), perhaps young male? Inscribed "a Wild Pig, Makassar." Length 10^-, height at occiput 6 inches. Nose broad behind, tapering in front from orbit; concavity in front of orbit large, not deep, and extending close up to the edge of the cavity; the hinder suture of the parietal bone is produced and angular behind. 1501 b. A rather larger skull, also developing the last molar, and probably a young male. A Wild Pig, Ternate, from Mr. Wallace's collection. Length 12|, height 5-| inches. It is very similar to the above in all particulars, particularly in the shallowness of the concavity in front of the orbits, and in the crest-like form of the ridge behind the base of the sheath of the upper canines ; hinder suture of the parietal produced and rounded behind. The shallowness of the concavity on the cheeks of these specimens may depend on the youth of the animal, as it is to be found in the skull of the young Sus indicus. It is not always a character of youth, as it is found shallow and shelving off behind in the skull of the very old Sus andamanensis and S. scrofa. There is the skin and skeleton (1501 d) of a "Wild Pig from Dampier Straits, in the Eastern archipelago," that was brought to the Museum by Mr. Swinhoe. It does not appear to differ from S. timorensis of S. Miiller ; and the skull is very like the skull from Ternate (1501 b). A specimen was living in the Society's Gardens. Mr. Bartlett thinks that it is "a domestic Pig running wild, because he has seen two specimens of them, both of which had white markings about the legs in a very irregular manner and other characters of the domestic Pig." 7. Sus ANDAMANENSIS. Andaman Pig. The concavity of the cheeks in front of the orbit deeply concave, |