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g. Young specimen , stuffed. Java. Collected by von 



Rosenberg, 1866. 

 h. Young specimen, stuffed. Java. Collected by Kuhl 



and van Hasselt. 

 i. Very young specimen, stuffed. Java. Collected by 



Boie and Macklot. 

 (See Jentink, Catalogue osteologique , 1887). One skele- 

 ton, Java, Tjikao; eleven skulls, Java, Sumatra (Padang 

 and Deli). 



(See S. Müller's Verhandelingen). The Sundanese in Java 

 call this species Baiien ; at Batavia and at other localities 

 along the north-coast it generally is better known under 

 the name Bahi alang-alang ., because it likes to live under 

 this high and thick growing grass alang-alang {Imperata 

 Koenigii), wherein it absconds by day. The Malays of the 

 west-coast of Sumatra call it simply Bahi-oetan , i. e. wild 

 Pig. In Java and Sumatra it is very frequent and is to 

 be found everywhere from the sea-shore till up the moun- 

 tains at 5000 feet; higher up we did not observe it. It 

 likes large plains grown with alang-alang , wild dales over- 

 grown with trees , shrubs and briers , low mountains thickly 

 covered with wood and bamboos , and dark moist regions , 

 along the foot of the high mountains, covered with wil- 

 dernesses impenetrable to man ; the moist and cool djatti- 

 and teakwoods in low countries too are to its taste. It ge- 

 nerally lives in bands from 3 — 5 individuals: very old 

 specimens and especially the sow , if with young , often 

 are met with isolated. The sow prepares a nest from dry 

 leaves , small pieces of wood , stalks of glaga (Saceharum 

 gloga) and tapoes (Eletteria coccinea): this nest forms exter- 

 nally a large heap , but internally it is hollow , furnace- 

 shaped , sometimes with a single opening or with two ope- 

 nings the one opposite the other: it whelps 4 — 7 young 

 ones , generally about in the midst of the dry monsoon , 

 or in June , July or August. — These Pigs cause much 

 trouble to the farmers by their great number, and great 

 damage by their gluttony. They may be called omni- 



Notes irom tlae JLieyden ]VIu.seuiii, Vol. XIII^ 



