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Show 32 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE SUIDAE. [J The skull is very distinct from all the skulls of the Wild Boars from Germany in the British Museum. The Wild Boar of the Holy Land, described by Mr. Tristram, may be the same. He observes :- "Abundant in the wooded hills and maritime plains alike. Swarms in all the thickets by the Jordan and Dead Sea, and in the forest-country east of Jordan. Extends even to the bare wilderness ot Judaea, and almost into the desert, where there is no cover, and where its only food is the roots of the desert bulbs."-Tristram, P.Z.S. 1866, p. 84. 10. Sus SENNAARENSIS. Fur dense, bristly, dull olive-black and yellow-varied. Ears moderate, densely pilose. Head without any warts. Sus sennaarensis, Fitz. Sitz. Akad. d. Wiss. xix. 365, 1864; Setigera, 388. Sus larvatus, Fitz. Sitz. Akad. d. Wiss. x. 362. ? Sus scrofa (Egypt), Blainv. Osteogr. t. 5 (skull). 1 Cochon des Negres, Buffon, H . N. Quad. v. 123. Hab. North Africa; Sennaar; Kordofan ; Sudan. Called " Qua-druk " by the Arabs. Dr. Murie says he has often seen and eaten the true Wild Boar of the genus Sus in Africa, as well as the Potamochcerus on the west coast. I have never seen any or the skull of one. ttt Head very long, slender, without warts. The skull elongate, more than twice as long as high ; concavity in front of the orbit deep. Cheeks bearded. Eusus. 11. SUS BARBATUS. B.M. Back covered with ochraceous, sides and beneath with black bristles; nose, extremities, and tuft at end of tail blackish. Skull much compressed, very long, slender. Ears moderate, nakedish. Fur with scattered bristles. Head very long, slender; sides of the jaws covered with crisp hairs ; crown and occiput covered with short hairs. Head without any warts. Sus barbatus, S. Miiller, Van der Hoeven, Tijdschr. 1839, v. 149 ; Verhandl. i. 42, 173, 179, t. 30, 31; Gerrard, Cat. Bones B. M . 278; Fitzinger, Setigera, 392. Sus scrofa, var., Giebel, Saugeth. 225. Hab. Borneo. Called "Wite Warken." 712 a. Skull of adult, from Borneo, presented by J. Brooke, Esq. Length from end of nasal to occipital crest 19 inches, 9 ^ high at occiput. Exactly like the figure in Muller's ' Verhand.' t. 31. f. 45. 712. Skull of young animal changing its teeth, from Borneo. Capt. Sir E. Belcher. Length 11| inches, 5 inches high at occiput. Nose very slender, attenuated ; nose from the orbit double the length of the distance from the front of the orbit to the occiput; the zygomatic arch flat, thin. |