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still paler in tlie face and the crown appears to be onlv little shaded 

 with darker, and tben follows a whitish area which is still larger 

 and broader than in the young animal. This whitish patch extends 

 across the whole nape and then continues in the white dorsal band. 

 The white margins of the ears are well developed. 



It mav be added that Dr. Maes bas confirmed, that he well 



remenibers the white nuchal patches of thèse pigs. The colour of 

 the same, he déclares, was hoarv whitish « like the colour of the 

 beard of an old man ». 



It is possible that P. p. albinaclialis is not confined to the 

 district of Lake Leopold II only, but that it inhabits the whole 

 basin included between the big curvature of the Congo river and 

 Kasai river. If so the foilowing skulls in the Congo Muséum 

 might belong to the same race : 



X° 2666, 9 jun. [m^ not yet up; with pariétal area 

 from Barumbu, Aruwimi. 



41 



mm. 



