FOREST-HOG 457 
Head of Forest-Hog. Shot by Lieut.-Col. J. W. Yardley. 
The FOREST-HOG (Hylocherus meinertzhageni). 
A huge black pig serving in some respects to connect the bush-pigs 
with the wart-hogs, although markedly distinct from both. Height at 
shoulder, 26 ins.; weight, 116 Ibs. clean (Major P. H. G. Powell-Cotton). 
Distribution—Kenia and the Nandi Forest, but represented by an 
allied species or race in the Eastern Cameruns, and a third in the 
Ituri Forest. 
Upper Tusks. 
Total Protruding Circum- tree ee 
Length. from gum, ference. Locality. Ongner- 
10} \ 5 Tanda ones Walter Rothschild 
on ( uae 42 Nandi Forest ‘ : . Hon. Walter Rothschild. 
74 
83 4} Mount Kenia. ; . Lieut.-Col. J. W. Yardley. 
74 44 Do. i : 2 Bebe Etore: 
Lower Tusks. 
1 \ as 2} Nandi Forest. ‘ . Hon. Walter Rothschild. 
52 3 Mount Kenia. : . Lieut.-Col. J. W. Yardley. 
32 24 Do. : : oa ome: 
