NO. 2028. PHILIPPINE LAND MAMMALS— HOLLISTER. 333 



Eidgway, 1912, mixed with numerous blackish hairs; middle belly 

 darker, more blackish; pectoral and inguinal regions ochraceous- 

 buff, sharply marked from general color of middle underparts, legs, 

 and sides. Outer sides of fore legs blackish; a narrow stripe of bright 

 ochraceous down inner side to hoofs. Hind legs blackish above, with 

 a narrow blackish stripe in front extending down to near hoofs; a 

 wide area of ochraceous on back side from region of knee to the 

 lateral hoof. 



Skull and teeth. — Skull apparently much as in R. nigricans, but 

 smaller, the adult male skull slightly smaller than the female of 

 nigricans. Antler pedicles very long; even longer than usual in this 

 group of small Rusine deer. Teeth much smaller than in nigricans. 

 The antlers of the type are small, with very short brow tines. A shed 

 antler from Grand Malindang Mountain, apparently of this species, is 

 much the same. It is 115 mm. long from the burr, without fork, and 

 with a short brow tine of only 21 mm. length on upper surface. 



Measurements of type (from skin). — Head and body, 1,000 mm.; tail, 

 80; ear, moistened, 80. Skull: Total length, estimated, 214; zygo- 

 matic breadth, 92.5; palatal length, 124; length of median frontal 

 suture, 78; greatest length of nasals, 67; greatest width of nasals, 

 34.5; least width of nasals, 13.8; anterior point of nasals to end of 

 premaxillffi, 29.5; orbit to end of premaxillse, 108.5; length of horn 

 pedicle from orbit, 72.5; upper molar-premolar row, 66; upper molar 

 row, 41; upper premolar row, 27.5; greatest width m^, 13.6; lower 

 molar-premolar row, 72. 



Specimens. — Two, from localities as follows: Mindanao: Grand 

 Malindang Mountain, 1 ^ (Mearns) ; Mount Malindang, 1 (Mearns) . 



Family BOVID^. 



BUBALUS BUBALIS (Linnaeus). 



Specimens. — Four, from localities as follows: 

 Luzon: "Northern Luzon," 2 (McCoy and Babbitt). 

 Philippine Islands: 2 (Govt. Board Pan- Am. Exp.). 



BUBALUS MINDORENSIS Heude. 



Specimens. — Three, from Mindoro (Le Hardy, Merritt). 

 Family EQUID^. 



EQUUS CABALLUS Linnseus. 



Specimen. — One skuU of the native domestic pony from Luzon: 

 Laoag, Ilocos Norte (Mearns) . 



I Antler only. 



