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cibus cum uropygio obscure fusco-nigris : rostro nigro: pedibus 
olivaceis. 
Long. tota 9-0, alee 3:25, caude 1*7, rostri ab angulo oris 0°8, 
tarsi 13. 
Hab. In provincia Vere Pacis. 
6. Nore on THE Skuut or THe Rep River-Hoe (Potamocue- 
RUS PENICILLATUS). By Pirie Luriey Scuater, M.A., 
SECRETARY TO THE Socrety. 
The present skull of the Red River-Hog (being that of the old 
male animal, received by the Society from the Cameroons River in 
1852, which died during the late severe winter) is of interest, as 
affording the first opportunity that we have had in this country of 
examining the dentition of this animal, and ascertaining how far this 
part of its structure goes to corroborate its generic Separation from 
the true Sues, which has been proposed by Dr. Gray, under the name 
Potamocherus*. The following notes upon some of the more stri- 
king characteristics of the skull of this animal, as observed on com- 
paring it with the skull of an adult male Sus indicus, were drawn 
up by myself and my friend Mr. W. K. Parker. 
The dentition of Potamocherus is 
6 I—1 3—3 3—3 
Inc. =. _—- — = 
c.g. Can. =. Prem. =5° ; Mol. —. 
_ The first premolar is very small, and appears to be lost in early 
life in the lower jaw. It will be observed that the dentition differs 
* P.Z. S. 1852, p. 131. 
